No. 3,172 in Catalan

préstecs

"Préstecs" means "loans" in English.

In a sentence

Els préstecs bancaris són útils per adquirir béns costosos.
Bank loans are useful for acquiring expensive goods.
In this sentence, 'préstecs' refers to financial loans provided by banks.
La biblioteca ofereix préstecs de llibres durant dues setmanes.
The library offers book loans for two weeks.
Here, 'préstecs' indicates the act of lending books to users.
Els préstecs lingüístics enriqueixen el vocabulari d'una llengua.
Linguistic loans enrich the vocabulary of a language.
In this usage, 'préstecs' refers to words borrowed from other languages that are incorporated into a language.

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