pedir

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verb

pedir

transitive verb

1. to ask for (solicitar)

2. to order (en bares, restaurantes)

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)

pedirse

pronomial verb

1. (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)

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.

	Presente	Pretérito	Imperfect	Futuro	Subjuntivo
Yo	pido	pedí	pedía	pediré	pida
Tú	pides	pediste	pedías	pedirás	pidas
Ella/Él/Usted	pide	pidió	pedía	pedirá	pida
Nosotros	pedimos	pedimos	pedíamos	pediremos	pidamos
Vosotros	pedís	pedisteis	pedíais	pediréis	pidáis
Ellos/Ustedes	piden	pidieron	pedían	pedirán	pidan

Complete pedir conjugation


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