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El Préstamo
A word adopted from one language and incorporated into another without translation. Spanish has many loans from English, French, and indigenous American languages.
Examples in context
Fútbol es un préstamo del inglés muy común.
Football is a very common English loanword.
Muchos préstamos lingüísticos provienen de la tecnología moderna.
Many loanwords come from modern technology.
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