peto

1. (conjugation-3) to ask, beg, request, look for, inquire, petition, entreat
2. (conjugation-3) to make for (somewhere)
3. (conjugation-3) to seek, aim at, desire
4. (conjugation-3) to beg, beseech, implore
5. (conjugation-3) to beg, beseech, implore
6. (conjugation-3) to attack, to assail, to thrust at
7. (conjugation-3) to aim at (with the person attacked in the accusative and the weapon/projectile in the ablative)
8. (Ecclesiastical, Latin, conjugation-3) to missionize or proselytize among the people of a place

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈpɛ.toː]

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂eti (“to fly”), assuming a semantic shift from “to fly towards” to “to try to reach”.

Concepts

ask for

beg

request

seek

🔍

seek out

relate to

strive after

go to

make for

demand

obtest

implore

sue for

intreat

Synonyms

oro

postulo

precor

quaero

🔍

rogo

ambio

imploro

obsecro

Translations

demander

ersuchen

attaquer

👊

preguntar

anfordern

beschwören

anflehen

bitten

flehen

fordern

verlangen

αιτώ

ρωτώ

αναζητώ

implorar