Lezione 2A

To borrow

[ Verbo ]

/bɑ.roʊ/ or /baa.rooo/

b

b

o

ɑ

rr

r

o

oʊ

w

prendere in

to use or take something belonging to someone else, with the idea of returning it

To afford

[ Verbo ]

/ə.fɔrd/ or /ē.fawrd/

a

ə

ff

f

o

ɔ

r

r

d

d

(consentire)

permettersi

to be able to pay the cost of something

To charge

[ Verbo ]

/ʧɑrʤ/ or /chaarj/

ch

ʧ

a

ɑ

r

r

g

ʤ

e

addebitare

to ask a person to pay a certain amount of money in return for a product or service

Cost

[ sostantivo ]

/kɑst/ or /kaast/

c

k

o

ɑ

s

s

t

t

(costo)

prezzo

an amount we pay to buy, do, or make something

To earn

[ Verbo ]

/ɜrn/ or /ērn/

ea

ɜ

r

r

n

n

(ottenere)

guadagnare

to get money for the job that we do or services that we provide

To inherit

[ Verbo ]

/ɪn.hɛ.rət/ or /in.he.rēt/

i

ɪ

n

n

h

h

e

ɛ

r

r

i

ə

t

t

ereditare

to receive money, property, etc. from someone who has passed away

To invest

[ Verbo ]

/ɪn.vɛst/ or /in.vest/

i

ɪ

n

n

v

v

e

ɛ

s

s

t

t

investire

to spend money or resources with the intention of gaining a future advantage or return

To lend

[ Verbo ]

/lɛnd/ or /lend/

l

l

e

ɛ

n

n

d

d

prestare

to give someone something, like money, expecting them to give it back after a while

To owe

[ Verbo ]

/oʊ/ or /ooo/

o

oʊ

w

e

essere in debito di

to have the responsibility of paying someone back a certain amount of money that was borrowed

Raise

[ sostantivo ]

/reɪz/ or /reiz/

r

r

ai

eɪ

s

z

e

aumento

an amount of money added to our regular payment for the job we do

To save

[ Verbo ]

/seɪv/ or /seiv/

s

s

a

eɪ

v

v

e

economizzare

to keep money to spend later

To waste

[ Verbo ]

/weɪst/ or /veist/

w

w

a

eɪ

s

s

t

t

e

sprecare

to use something without care or more than needed