tu presti

lend, pay (attention)

→ prestare

prest to lend, to loan + i present subjunctive or 2nd-person singular present indicative

verb · 2nd-person singular, present tense / 1st-person singular, present tense / 3rd-person singular, present tense / 3rd-person singular Rare #43,108

lend

IT: Mi presti la penna?

EN: Will you lend me the pen?

pay (attention) Used in the expression prestare attenzione, meaning “to pay attention.”

IT: Presti attenzione alla strada?

EN: Do you pay attention to the road?

Conjugation of prestare

prestarmi prestare prestargli prestarti

Imperative

	Singular	Plural
Second	prestami	prestatemi
Third	presti	—

Indicative present

	Singular	Plural
First	presto	—
Second	presti	prestate
Third	presta	—

Subjunctive present

	Singular	Plural
First	presti	—
Second	presti	—
Third	presti	—

Presti loro attenzione.

Pay attention to them.

Me lo presti?

Can you lend it to me?

— Vi presento Toni Erdmann (2016)

Me la presti?

Will you lend it to me?

— Diva (1981)

Perché non presti mai attenzione?

Why do you never pay attention?