pedir prestado
[peˈð̞iɾ pɾesˈt̪að̞o]
The verdict
“pedir prestado” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Solicitar a una persona que le otorgue algún bien con el compromiso de restituírselo una vez finalizado el uso que se le da.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pedir-prestado · pedir prestado · Spanish
pedir prestado · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pedir prestado |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [peˈð̞iɾ pɾesˈt̪að̞o] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pedir prestado” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pedir prestado is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [peˈð̞iɾ pɾesˈt̪að̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
pedir prestado has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is pedir prestado, spelled P-E-D-I-R- -P-R-E-S-T-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1Solicitar a una persona que le otorgue algún bien con el compromiso de restituírselo una vez finalizado el uso que se le da.
- 2Demandar cierta cantidad de dinero bajo el compromiso de pagarlo a término.
- 3Sumar decenas a una unidad en la resta cuando un dígito en el minuendo es menor que el del sustraendo o cuando se efectúa una división con dos o más cifras en el divisor.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.