Breakdown of Мой друг взял кредит в банке, чтобы купить новую машину.
Questions & Answers about Мой друг взял кредит в банке, чтобы купить новую машину.
Yes, literally взял кредит is took a credit/loan, but in Russian this is the normal idiomatic way to say “took out a loan.”
- взять кредит = to take out a loan (from a bank)
- Verb: взял is the masculine, past tense, perfective form of взять (to take).
- This combination is very common and sounds natural; it does not sound strange or overly literal to Russians.
You might also hear:
- оформить кредит – to arrange / formalize a loan
- получить кредит – to receive a loan (focus on the result of being approved)
But взять кредит is the default, everyday expression.