to raise debt

Spanish translation: obtener crédito

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English term or phrase:to raise debt
Spanish translation:obtener crédito
Entered by: Lia Fail (X)

10:47 Dec 25, 2000
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial
English term or phrase: to raise debt
He played major roles in three IPOs and raised significant amounts of debt in the public and banking markets.

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Piedad
obtener crédito O similar
Explanation:
My understanding of this is that he 'raised funds by obtaining bank loans', i.e by getting into 'debt'. The reasons for this interpretation are:

1. that Initial Public Offerings are often funded by credit obtained from banks
2. 'raise' has the meaning of 'obtain' (to 'raise funds' is a standard collocation).
3. 'debt' can also mean 'credit' in a Balance Sheet sense

The overall sense, IPO+raise+debt, would lead me to suggest the following:

"...raised significant amounts of debt.."

"...obtuvo grandes cantidades de dinero através de ..."
"...obtuvo crédito sustancial en..."

or a variation on the theme.

It's an unusual collocation (possibly incorrect), but see this extract (esp. ***), which would confirm my interpretation:

The EBRD expects the project to develop the energy service sector in the region as well as ****increasing the availability of financial resources to public and private sector entities which are unable to raise significant debt themselves.**** A longer-term benefit will be to reduce the energy requirements of those countries in which investments are made.

http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:www.ecee.org/opflashes/...

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Lia Fail (X)
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Summary of answers provided
naVer abajo
Alicia Piva
naaumentar deuda
Geisha (Angie) Hayes
naSee below:
Agua
naobtener crédito O similar
Lia Fail (X)
naSee below,
Ramón Solá


  

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31 mins
Ver abajo


Explanation:
Ocupó roles importantes en tres IPO y elevó (aumentó) significativamente la deuda en el mercado público y bancario.

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Alicia Piva
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53 mins
aumentar deuda


Explanation:
Desempeño un papel importante en tres IPO's y aumentó significamente las cantidades de deudas en el público y en el mercado bancario.

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Geisha (Angie) Hayes
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1 hr
See below:


Explanation:
I found the following meaning for "raise debt" (link below):
raise -- (collect funds for a specific purpose; ``The President raised several million dollars for his college'' ) collect, take in -- (call for and obtain payment of; ``we collected over a million dollars in
outstanding debts'' ) .

It could be translated as "cobrar deudas".
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Mar


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Agua
Spain
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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6 hrs
obtener crédito O similar


Explanation:
My understanding of this is that he 'raised funds by obtaining bank loans', i.e by getting into 'debt'. The reasons for this interpretation are:

1. that Initial Public Offerings are often funded by credit obtained from banks
2. 'raise' has the meaning of 'obtain' (to 'raise funds' is a standard collocation).
3. 'debt' can also mean 'credit' in a Balance Sheet sense

The overall sense, IPO+raise+debt, would lead me to suggest the following:

"...raised significant amounts of debt.."

"...obtuvo grandes cantidades de dinero através de ..."
"...obtuvo crédito sustancial en..."

or a variation on the theme.

It's an unusual collocation (possibly incorrect), but see this extract (esp. ***), which would confirm my interpretation:

The EBRD expects the project to develop the energy service sector in the region as well as ****increasing the availability of financial resources to public and private sector entities which are unable to raise significant debt themselves.**** A longer-term benefit will be to reduce the energy requirements of those countries in which investments are made.

http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:www.ecee.org/opflashes/...



Lia Fail (X)
Spain
Local time: 17:16
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PRO pts in pair: 631
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Muchas gracias a todos y feliz año nuevo
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10 hrs
See below,


Explanation:
Él desempeño un papel importante en tres IPO, recaudando importantes sumas de dinero en los mercados público y bancario...

Ramón Solá
Local time: 10:16
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