Meaning

  1. (transitive) to ask for something
  2. to request someone else to do something
  3. (transitive) to order something
  4. (transitive) to call, call in (e.g. to call for help, to call for backup, to call in a favor)
  5. to plead

Frequency

A2
Hyphenated as
pe‧dir
Pronounced as (IPA)
/peˈdiɾ/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *petīre, from Latin petere (“ask, request”). Compare English petition.

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