When we borrow money, we must agree on the conditions.
Source: tatoeba (2199)
Borrow
//ˈbɒɹ.əʊ//
Synonyms for "borrow" (104 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (21)
Strong matches (31)
Related words (52)
Related word relations
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More general
6 entriesMore specific
3 entriesAntonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
6 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
etymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
9 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
12 entriesTranslations
178 translations across 79 languages.
Aklanon
1 entries- hueam verb (receive temporarily)
Albanian
1 entries- huazoj verb (receive temporarily)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- δανείζομαι verb (receive temporarily)
Arabic
1 entries- اِسْتَعَارَ verb (receive temporarily)
Armenian
3 entries- պարտք վերցնել verb (receive temporarily)
- փոխ առնել verb (receive temporarily)
- փոխառել verb (receive temporarily)
Aromanian
1 entries- mprumut verb (receive temporarily)
Asi
1 entries- huyam verb (receive temporarily)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- borc almaq verb (receive temporarily)
- borc götürmək verb (receive temporarily)
Belarusian
2 entries- пазы́чыць verb (receive temporarily)
- пазыча́ць verb (receive temporarily)
Bulgarian
4 entries- вземам назаем verb (receive temporarily)
- възприемам verb (adopt (an idea) as one's own)
- заемам verb (receive temporarily)
- заимствам verb (copy a word from another language)
Burmese
1 entries- ငှား verb (receive temporarily)
Catalan
4 entries- caiguda noun (deviation of a rolling golfball)
- amprar verb (receive temporarily)
- amprar verb (copy a word from another language)
- manllevar verb (receive temporarily)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 借 verb (receive temporarily)
- 摘 verb (receive temporarily)
- 貸 /贷 verb (receive temporarily)
Czech
2 entries- půjčit si verb (receive temporarily)
- půjčovat si verb (receive temporarily)
Danish
2 entries- låne verb (receive temporarily)
- låne verb (copy a word from another language)
Drung
2 entries- nga verb (receive temporarily)
- svkyi verb (receive temporarily)
Dutch
2 entries- lenen verb (receive temporarily)
- ontlenen verb (receive temporarily)
Esperanto
2 entries- prunti verb (receive temporarily)
- prunti verb (copy a word from another language)
Estonian
1 entries- laenama verb (receive temporarily)
Finnish
4 entries- lainata verb (receive temporarily)
- lainata verb (adopt (an idea) as one's own)
- lainata verb (copy a word from another language)
- lainata verb (in a subtraction)
French
3 entries- emprunter verb (receive temporarily)
- emprunter verb (copy a word from another language)
- retenir verb (in a subtraction)
Georgian
1 entries- სესხება verb (receive temporarily)
German
4 entries- ausleihen verb (receive temporarily)
- borgen verb (receive temporarily)
- entlehnen verb (copy a word from another language)
- leihen verb (receive temporarily)
Greek
1 entries- δανείζομαι verb (receive temporarily)
Hebrew
4 entries- אימץ verb (adopt (an idea) as one's own)
- אימץ verb (copy a word from another language)
- שָׁאַל verb (receive temporarily)
- שָׁאַל verb (adopt (an idea) as one's own)
Hindi
1 entries- उधार लेना verb (receive temporarily)
Hungarian
1 entries- kölcsönkér verb (receive temporarily)
Icelandic
1 entries- fá lánað verb (receive temporarily)
Ingrian
1 entries- lainata verb (receive temporarily)
Interlingua
1 entries- imprestar verb (copy a word from another language)
Irish
2 entries- cúiteamh noun (deviation of a rolling golfball)
- faigh ar iasacht verb (receive temporarily)
Italian
4 entries- adottare verb (adopt (an idea) as one's own)
- importare verb (copy a word from another language)
- ispirarsi verb (adopt (an idea) as one's own)
- prendere in prestito verb (receive temporarily)
Iu Mien
1 entries- gaav verb (receive temporarily)
Jamaican Creole
3 entries- baara verb (receive temporarily)
- bara verb (receive temporarily)
- baro verb (receive temporarily)
Japanese
2 entries- 借りる verb (receive temporarily)
- 借用語 verb (copy a word from another language)
Khakas
1 entries- փոխառել verb (copy a word from another language)
Khasi
1 entries- pankylliang verb (receive temporarily)
Khmer
1 entries- ខ្ចី verb (receive temporarily)
Korean
2 entries- 빌리다 verb (receive temporarily)
- 일시적으로 받는 verb (receive temporarily)
Lao
1 entries- ຢືມ verb (receive temporarily)
Latin
1 entries- mūtuor verb (receive temporarily)
Latvian
1 entries- aizņemties verb (receive temporarily)
Lithuanian
2 entries- pasiskolinti verb (receive temporarily)
- skolintis verb (receive temporarily)
Lushootseed
1 entries- ʔalbiw̓əb verb (receive temporarily)
Macedonian
2 entries- позајми verb (receive temporarily)
- позајмува verb (receive temporarily)
Malay
1 entries- pinjam verb (receive temporarily)
Mongolian
1 entries- зээлэх verb (receive temporarily)
Māori
2 entries- mino verb (receive temporarily)
- mino verb (copy a word from another language)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- azima verb (receive temporarily)
Norman
1 entries- emprunter verb (receive temporarily)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- låne verb (receive temporarily)
Occitan
1 entries- manlevar verb (receive temporarily)
Old English
1 entries- borgian verb (receive temporarily)
Pacoh
1 entries- manh verb (receive temporarily)
Persian
1 entries- قرض گرفتن verb (receive temporarily)
Polish
4 entries- pożyczać verb (receive temporarily)
- pożyczyć verb (receive temporarily)
- zapożyczać verb (adopt (an idea) as one's own)
- zapożyczać verb (copy a word from another language)
Portuguese
4 entries- adoptar verb (adopt (an idea) as one's own)
- adotar verb (adopt (an idea) as one's own)
- emprestar verb (receive temporarily)
- pegar emprestado verb (receive temporarily)
Romanian
1 entries- împrumuta verb (receive temporarily)
Russian
4 entries- брать в долг verb (receive temporarily)
- брать взаймы́ verb (receive temporarily)
- взять в долг verb (receive temporarily)
- взять взаймы́ verb (receive temporarily)
Scots
1 entries- borrae verb (receive temporarily)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- pozajmiti verb (receive temporarily)
- позајмити verb (receive temporarily)
Shan
2 entries- ယိမ် verb (receive temporarily)
- ယိုမ် verb (receive temporarily)
Sicilian
1 entries- fàrisi mpristari verb (receive temporarily)
Slovak
4 entries- pozičať si verb (receive temporarily)
- požičiavať si verb (receive temporarily)
- preberať verb (adopt (an idea) as one's own)
- preberať verb (copy a word from another language)
Slovene
2 entries- izposoditi verb (receive temporarily)
- sposoditi verb (receive temporarily)
Spanish
4 entries- calcar verb (copy a word from another language)
- emprestar verb (receive temporarily)
- pedir prestado verb (receive temporarily)
- tomar prestado verb (receive temporarily)
Swedish
2 entries- låna verb (receive temporarily)
- låna verb (in a subtraction)
Tagalog
4 entries- hiraman verb (receive temporarily)
- hiramin verb (receive temporarily)
- humiram verb (receive temporarily)
- manghiram verb (receive temporarily)
Tboli
1 entries- dóm verb (receive temporarily)
Telugu
2 entries- అప్పు చేయు verb (in a subtraction)
- అప్పుచేయు verb (receive temporarily)
Thai
3 entries- กู้ verb (receive temporarily)
- ขอยืม verb (receive temporarily)
- ยืม verb (receive temporarily)
Turkish
4 entries- iktibas etmek verb (copy a word from another language)
- nakletmek verb (copy a word from another language)
- ödünç almak verb (receive temporarily)
- ödünçlemek verb (copy a word from another language)
Ukrainian
4 entries- запози́чити verb (adopt (an idea) as one's own)
- запози́чити verb (copy a word from another language)
- запози́чувати verb (adopt (an idea) as one's own)
- запози́чувати verb (copy a word from another language)
Vietnamese
3 entries- mượn verb (receive temporarily)
- mượn verb (copy a word from another language)
- vay verb (receive temporarily)
Welsh
1 entries- benthyca verb (receive temporarily)
White Hmong
1 entries- qev verb (receive temporarily)
Yiddish
1 entries- לײַען verb (receive temporarily)
Zhuang
1 entries- ciq verb (receive temporarily)
Zyphe
1 entries- hlang verb (receive temporarily)
Sample sentences
40 total sentences available.
May I borrow your dictionary?
Source: tatoeba (17096)
I don't want to lend or borrow.
Source: tatoeba (18558)
We'll borrow some money on the house.
Source: tatoeba (24114)
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