crédito
credit
noun KREH-dee-toh Less Common
Origin: From Latin 'creditum', something entrusted.
Also means
loan
Usage Note
Crédito covers both the financial sense (a loan or line of credit) and the more abstract sense of credibility or recognition — dar crédito (to give credit / to believe something). No doy crédito means 'I can't believe it'. In academia, crédito is a course credit. The adjective crediticio appears in banking contexts.
Examples
"Pidió un crédito al banco."
Natural Translation
He applied for a loan from the bank.
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