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A moneylender who charges interest. (In Panama, this term often implies an informal lender or loan shark operating outside the legal banking system).
My dad was a prestamista, but that job was very dangerous: I am going to have to go to a prestamista because the bank will not cough up anything.
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A private citizen who lends money at interest, operating outside the banking system. (These informal lenders are common in neighborhoods where people cannot access bank credit, though the work is often associated with high risk and loan sharking.)
A: Did you know Ramon's dad is a prestamista? B: Yeah, he told me. But I think that job is really dangerous, right?
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