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prendere in prestito — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • borrow verb To take or receive something temporarily, intending to give it back.

Senses

prendere in prestito is used for these senses in English:

  • borrow To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.
  • borrow (arithmetic) In a subtraction, to deduct (one) from a digit of the minuend and add ten to the following digit, in order that the subtraction of a larger digit in the subtrahend from the digit in the minuend to which ten is added gives a positive result.

borrow — full definition

  1. verb To take or receive something temporarily, intending to give it back.
  2. verb To adopt an idea, word, or style from somewhere else and use it as your own.

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