borrowing

préstamo, endeudamiento

Acto de recibir algo para usarlo y devolverlo después, o dinero que habrá que reembolsar.

En inglés sencillo: An act of taking something to use and return later, or taking money that must be paid back.

• Borrowing from friends can cause problems.
• The bank increased its borrowing charges.
• Repeated borrowing left the company with large debts.

Cómo se usa: borrowing from someone/something (Borrowing from the bank helped them buy a home.)

Antónimos: lending

Expresiones frecuentes: government borrowing, borrowing of money, borrowing costs

préstamo lingüístico

Palabra tomada de otra lengua e incorporada a la propia.

En inglés sencillo: A word taken from another language and used as part of your own language.

• This word is a borrowing from French.
• English contains borrowings from many languages.
• Some recent borrowings keep their original spelling.

Cómo se usa: a borrowing from a language (This term is a borrowing from Italian.)

Sinónimos: loanword

Expresiones frecuentes: linguistic borrowing, borrowing from French, recent borrowing

hurtar en tiendas

Llevarse productos de una tienda sin pagar, dicho en broma como si se fueran a devolver.

En inglés sencillo: Taking goods from a shop without paying, described jokingly as if you would return them.

• He called stealing sweets borrowing.
• She was caught borrowing clothes from the shop.
• Their idea of borrowing involved hiding goods in their bags.

Sinónimos: shoplifting, stealing

Expresiones frecuentes: borrowing from shops, borrowing store goods