pedir

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pedir, from Latin petere, present active infinitive of petō

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɨˈðiɾ/

Verb

1. to ask for; to request; to order

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• pidir (obsolete, now eye dialect)
• pidi, pedi (eye dialect, Brazil)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pedir, from Latin petere, present active infinitive of petō, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɨˈðiɾ/
• IPA^(key): /peˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/, /piˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/

Verb

1. Template:indtr to ask for; to request (to express the need or desire for something)

   Nenhum de vocês precisa pedir permissão para ninguém.

   Neither of you has to ask anyone for permission.

   Peço que vocês parem de fazer barulho.

   I ask you to stop making noise.

   Se está com dificuldade, peça por ajuda.

   If you are having difficulties, ask for help.

2. (transitive) to order (to request a product or service)

   pedir uma pizza ― to order a pizza

3. Template:indtr to ask for; to invite (to be in obvious need of)

   Essas janelas estão pedindo uma limpeza!

   These windows are asking for a cleaning!

4. Template:indtr to charge (to assign a given price to something)

   O vendedor pediu dez mil pelo carro.

   The salesman charged ten thousand for the car.

   Synonym: cobrar

Derived terms

• pedinte

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: pidi

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin petere, present active infinitive of petō, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-.

Verb

1. to ask for something

   Él le pidió agua al camarero.

   He asked the waiter for water.

2. to request someone else to do something

   Pido que ustedes estén ahí a la una.

   I ask that you be there at one o'clock.

3. to order something
4. to call, to call in (e.g. to call for help, to call for backup, to call in a favor)

Derived terms

• a pedir de boca
• pedir la luna
• pedir papas

 

Related terms

• pedido
• pedigüeño
• petición