pedir
- (transitive) to ask for something
- to request someone else to do something
- (transitive) to order something
- (transitive) to call, call in (e.g. to call for help, to call for backup, to call in a favor)
- to plead
Frequency
Hyphenated as
pe‧dir
Pronounced as (IPA)
/peˈdiɾ/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *petīre, from Latin petere (“ask, request”). Compare English petition.
Related words
𐑉𐐨𐐿𐐶𐐯𐑅𐐻
buy on credit
sue for
hacer un pedido
horar
implorar de
exigir pago
fitin
orar a Dios
hacer pedido
pedir prestado
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