Empréstito (en. Loan)

em-pRé-sti-to

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish

noun

Amount of money or goods given to another person with the condition of being returned.

The bank granted me a loan to buy my house.

El banco me otorgó un empréstitos para comprar mi casa.

A loan made to a person or entity, usually with interest.

Long-term loans usually have lower interest rates.

Los empréstitos a largo plazo suelen tener tasas de interés más bajas.

An operation that consists of granting money to a person or institution under specific conditions.

The loan has amortization terms of up to five years.

El empréstitos tiene plazos de amortización de hasta cinco años.

From Latin 'prēstĭtum', meaning 'the borrowed one'.

sight loan

A loan that can be requested and returned immediately.

empréstito a la vista

blank loan

A loan where no specific recipient for the money is specified.

empréstito en blanco

public loan

A loan made by the state through bonds or securities.

empréstito público

lend

To give something to someone on the condition that it be returned.

prestar

loan

The act of lending something.

préstamo

lender

A person or entity that lends money or goods.

acreedor

An informal loan between friends or family.

He made me a loan to buy the phone.

Me hizo un empréstito para comprar el celular.

Money borrowed without much formality.

I asked my brother for a loan to fix the car.

Le pedí un empréstito a mi hermano para arreglar el coche.