borrow
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The meaning (definition) of the word borrow
to take something for a little while and then give it back
The word borrow used in a sentence
“Can I borrow your red crayon for just a few minutes.”
Words that mean the same as borrow (synonyms)
use
Words that mean the opposite of borrow (antonyms)
lendreturn
How the word borrow is said around the world
| French | emprunter (ahnprerntay) |
| Spanish | pedir prestado (paytheer praystahthoh) |
| Mandarin | 借 (jiè) |
| Hindi | उधार (uudahr) |
| Arabic | يستعير (eyesteer) |
| Russian | занимать (zanimat') |
| Portuguese (EU) | emprestar (aymprishtahr) |
| Portuguese (BR) | emprestar (aympraystahr) |
| Japanese | 借りる (kari ru) |
| German | ausleihen (owslyuhn) |
| Urdu | ادھار لینا (uudahr laynah) |
| Punjabi | ਉਧਾਰ ਲੈਣਾ (uudahr lenah) |
| Korean | 빌리다 (bilrida) |
| Hebrew | לִלווֹת (leelvoht) |
| Greek | δανείζομαι (daneizomai) |
| Dutch | lenen (laynuhn) |
| Tagalog | humiram (hoomeerahm) |
| Vietnamese | vay mượn (vahy mewuhn) |
| Turkish | borç almak (bawrch ahlmahk) |
| Persian | قرض گرفتن (kahrz gayrayftahn) |
| Polish | pożyczyć (pawzhichich) |
| Ukrainian | позичати (pozychaty) |
| Bengali | ধার করা (dahr kawrah) |
| Swedish | låna (lohnah) |
| Italian | prestito (presteetoh) |
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