empresta

Empresta is a form of the Portuguese verb emprestar, meaning to lend or to loan something to someone with the expectation that it will be returned. In present indicative, empresta corresponds to he/she/you (formal) lends, or you lend when using the informal subject pronoun with you. For example: Ele empresta o livro para o colega; Você empresta dinheiro a ele.

Usage and meaning

Emprestar is used when giving something temporarily—books, money, tools, or other objects—without transferring ownership. The verb can take a direct object that denotes what is being lent and an indirect object indicating to whom it is lent, as in “Ela me empresta a bicicleta” or “Ela empresta a bicicleta a mim.” The past participle is emprestado (lent), and the noun loan is empréstimo.

Conjugation and variants

Empresta appears in the present tense for third person singular and for the second person singular when using the pronoun você in Brazilian Portuguese. In other varieties, it may also appear in related forms such as empresta-me (lend me) or me empresta (you lend me). The related noun empréstimo covers the act or item lent.

See also

Emprestado, empréstimo, emprestar.

Notes

Emprestar is a common verb across Portuguese-speaking communities and is used in everyday contexts, from casual lending among friends to formal financial arrangements when discussing loans.