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ahorrar

to save (money); to spare (an expense or effort)guardar dinero; evitar un gasto o un esfuerzo

Comes from Arabic

حُرّ

ḥurr

“free (not a slave)”«libre (no esclavo)»

Arabic today says

وَفَّرَ

waffara

Root

ح ر ر

ḥ-r-r

The article

It came in without the article.

The story

From ḥurr came horro, "freed slave"; ahorrar first meant to set someone free, then to spare them an expense, and finally to save money.De ḥurr salió horro, «esclavo liberado»; ahorrar era primero «liberar» a alguien y luego «librar» de un gasto, hasta llegar a guardar dinero.

In a sentence

Estoy ahorrando para un viaje.

I'm saving up for a trip.

أُوَفِّرُ المَالَ مِنْ أَجْلِ رِحْلَة.

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