No quiero usar dinero prestado para pagar la multa.

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Breakdown of No quiero usar dinero prestado para pagar la multa.

• usar: to use
• querer: to want
• el dinero: the money

Questions & Answers about No quiero usar dinero prestado para pagar la multa.

Why is it No quiero usar and not No quiero a usar?

In Spanish, querer + infinitive takes the infinitive directly: quiero usar, quiero pagar, quiero ir.
You don’t add a the way you might in some other structures. (You can see ir a + infinitive: voy a usar, but that’s a different verb pattern.)

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Is the no placed correctly? Could it go somewhere else?

Yes, No quiero usar... is the normal placement: no goes right before the conjugated verb (quiero).
You generally don’t put no right before the infinitive here (so Quiero no usar... sounds like “I want to not use...” and shifts emphasis).

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What’s the difference between dinero prestado and dinero prestado (por alguien)—is someone missing?

Dinero prestado means borrowed money and doesn’t require you to say who lent it.
If you want to add the lender, you can:

• dinero prestado por mi hermano = money borrowed from my brother (literally, “lent by my brother”)
• dinero prestado de mi hermano can be heard in some places, but por is often clearer for “lent by.”

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Why is prestado masculine singular? What if the noun changes?