mortgage

la hipoteca

mortgage(mor-gihj)

noun

1. (loan)

a. la hipoteca

(F)

We paid off the mortgage last month.

Terminamos de pagar la hipoteca el mes pasado.

2. (lien)

a. la hipoteca

(F)

The mortgage reverts to the bank if we don't pay on time.

La hipoteca revierte al banco si no pagamos a tiempo.

transitive verb

3. (to place under a mortgage)

a. hipotecar

My parents mortgaged their home to open a restaurant.

Mis padres hipotecaron su casa para abrir un restaurante.

4.

(figurative)

(to pledge)

a. hipotecar

I can't believe you would mortgage your children's future like that.

No puedo creer que hipotecarías así el futuro tus hijos.

mortgage

Noun

1. (general)

a. la hipoteca

(F)

mortgage (re)paymentsplazos de la hipoteca

mortgage brokeragente hipotecario(a)

mortgage lenderentidad de préstamo hipotecario

mortgage ratetipo (de interés) hipotecario tasa f de interés hipotecaria

transitive verb

2. (property, one's future)

a. hipotecar

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mortgage [ˈmɔːɡɪdʒ]

noun

hipoteca (f)

to pay off a mortgage amortizar or liquidar or redimir una hipoteca

to raise a mortgage take out a mortgage obtener una hipoteca;on sobre

transitive verb

hipotecar

modifier

mortgage bank (n) banco (m) hipotecario; sociedad (f) de crédito hipotecario

mortgage broker (n) especialista (m) en hipotecas

mortgage company (n) (US)

mortgage bank See culture box in entry mortgage.

mortgage lender (n) sociedad (f) hipotecaria

Britain's biggest mortgage lender, the Halifax building society, agrees with this analysis

mortgage loan (n) préstamo (m) hipotecario

mortgage payment (n) pago (m) de la hipoteca; plazo (m) de la hipoteca

...those who have been induced by the Conservatives to buy their council houses and who are faced with rocketing mortgage payments

mortgage rate (n) tipo (m) de interés hipotecario