Using dejar to mean borrow/lend (Spain v Latin America)I'm quite confused regarding 'borrow' and 'lend' in Spanish.
I wonder if it's because I've been learning Spanish from a Latin American source and have learned various ways to say 'to borrow' and 'to lend' using such things as 'prestar', 'pedir prestado' and 'tomar prestado'. Grammatically I understand how these phrases work, but they only seem to imply borrow/lend, and I've never been entirely comfortable using any of them!
I.O.P + dejar as used in Spain is quite new to me... and it actually makes sense straight away!
So, I'm interested to know if 'prestar' is used at all in Spain, and if so, how?
BTW, as there seems to be no exact equivalent to borrow and lend between English and Spanish many people get confused by it. A separate lesson on the subject would be a great addition to the Kwiziq library imo ;)
Saludos
I'm quite confused regarding 'borrow' and 'lend' in Spanish.
I wonder if it's because I've been learning Spanish from a Latin American source and have learned various ways to say 'to borrow' and 'to lend' using such things as 'prestar', 'pedir prestado' and 'tomar prestado'. Grammatically I understand how these phrases work, but they only seem to imply borrow/lend, and I've never been entirely comfortable using any of them!
I.O.P + dejar as used in Spain is quite new to me... and it actually makes sense straight away!
So, I'm interested to know if 'prestar' is used at all in Spain, and if so, how?
BTW, as there seems to be no exact equivalent to borrow and lend between English and Spanish many people get confused by it. A separate lesson on the subject would be a great addition to the Kwiziq library imo ;)
Saludos
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