pedir
pedir
transitive verb
1. to ask for (solicitar)
- pedir algo a alguien -> to ask somebody for something
- pedir a alguien que haga algo -> to ask somebody to do something
- pedir a alguien (en matrimonio) -> to ask for somebody's hand (in marriage)
- pedir (prestado) algo a alguien -> to borrow something from somebody
- pide un millón por la moto -> he's asking a million for the motorbike
2. to order (en bares, restaurantes)
- ¿qué has pedido de postre? -> what have you ordered for dessert?
3. to demand (exigir)
4. to call for, to need (requerir)
intransitive verb
5. to beg (mendigar)
6. to order (en bares, restaurantes)
7. (rezar)
- pedir por el alma de alguien -> to pray for somebody's soul
pedirse
pronomial verb1. (escoger)
- ¿qué pastel te pides tú? -> which cake do you want?
- ¡me pido prímer para subir al columpio! -> bags I get first go on the swing!(uso infantil) (British), dibs on first go on the swing! (United States)
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pedir [pay-deer’]
article & verb transitive
1. To ask for, to request, to supplicate, to solicit.
2. To ask, to demand or require information.
3. To crave, to manifest a desire of obtaining something from another.
4. To demand and fix a price on goods set for sale (precio).
5. To demand, to inquire after, to wish for.
6. To ask for a woman in marriage (matrimonio).
- Pedir limosna, to beg, to ask alms. Pedir justici -> or pedir en juicio, to claim, to bring an action or claim against a person before a judge
- Pedir cuentas -> to call for the accounts
- Pedir cuenta -> to bring a person to account
- A pedir de boca -> according to desire; adequately
- Pedírselo a uno el cuerpo -> to long anxiously
- Pedir la paz -> to sue for peace
- La casa está pidiendo una mano de pintura -> the house is crying out for a dab of paint
(Yo pido, pida: el pidió or pidiera. V. PEDIR.
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Verb conjugation
| Infinitive: | pedir | ||||
| gerundio: | pidiendo | ||||
| participio pasado: | pedido | ||||
| Presente | Pretérito | Imperfect | Futuro | Subjuntivo | |
| Yo Tú Ella/Él/Usted Nosotros Vosotros Ellos/Ustedes | pido pides pide pedimos pedís piden | pedí pediste pidió pedimos pedisteis pidieron | pedía pedías pedía pedíamos pedíais pedían | pediré pedirás pedirá pediremos pediréis pedirán | pida pidas pida pidamos pidáis pidan |
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