demand

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exigir

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la exigencia

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demand(

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A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

transitive verb

1. (to insist on)

a. exigir

The knight demanded to see the king immediately.El caballero exigió ver al rey de inmediato.

2. (to require)

a. exigir

Pets demand regular attention and care.Las mascotas exigen atención y cuidados regulares.

b. requerir

This plant does not demand much care to grow well.Esta planta no requiere muchos cuidados para crecer bien.

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

noun

3. (claim)

a. la exigencia

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

The goverment's new policy aims to meet the demands of the health service.La nueva política del gobierno pretende satisfacer las exigencias de los servicios de salud.

b. la reivindicación

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

(of workers, protesters or strikers)

They threatened to go on strike if their demands were not met.Amenazaron con ir a la huelga si no se atendían sus reivindicaciones.

4. (request)

a. la petición

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

He only had one demand: the millionaire's daughter's hand in marriage.Solo tenía una petición: la mano de la hija del millonario en matrimonio.

b. la solicitud

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

His demand for a loan was rejected by every bank.Todos los bancos denegaron su solicitud de préstamo.

5. (economics)

a. la demanda

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

The demand for a service increases when income increases, and therefore its price goes down.La demanda de un servicio aumenta cuando aumentan los ingresos y, por lo tanto, su precio disminuye.

demand

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

Noun

1. (request)

a. la exigencia

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

to make demands on somebodyexigir mucho de alguien

2. (for goods)

a. la demanda

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

to be in demandestar muy solicitado(a)

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

transitive verb

3. (request)

a. exigir

4. (require)

a. requerir, exigir

demand [dɪˈmɑːnd]

noun

1 (request) petición (f); solicitud (f);for de

his demand for compensation was rejected rechazaron su petición or solicitud de indemnización

on demand a libre disposición de todos; a petición

abortion on demand aborto (m) libre

by popular demand a petición del público

2 (urgent claim) exigencia (f); (for payment) aviso (m); reclamación (f); (Pol) (Ind) reivindicación (f)

the demands of duty las exigencias del deber

final demand (for payment of bill) último aviso (m)

there are many demands on my time tengo muchas ocupaciones

it makes great demands on our resources pone a prueba nuestros recursos; her children make great demands on her time sus hijos absorben gran parte de su tiempo

3 (Comm) demanda (f);for de

demand for coal is down ha bajado la demanda de carbón

there is a demand for existe demanda de

to be in great demandbe much in demand tener mucha demanda; [+person] estar muy solicitado; ser muy popular

transitive verb

1 (insist on) exigir; (claim) reclamar

I demanded to know why insistí en que me explicaran por qué; he demanded to see my passport insistió en or exigió ver mi pasaporte; to demand that insistir en que; "who are you?" he demanded —¿quién es usted? —preguntó; to demand sth (from or of sb) exigir algo (a algn)

I demand an explanation exijo una explicación

I demand my rights reclamo mis derechos

2 (require) exigir; requerir

the job demands care el trabajo exige or requiere cuidado

modifier

demand bill (n) letra (f) a la vista

demand curve (n) curva (f) de la demanda

demand draft (n) letra (f) a la vista

demand management (n) control (m) de la demanda

demand note (n) pagaré (m) a la vista

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Phrases

supply and demand	oferta y demanda
on demand	a pedido
high demand	gran demanda
law of supply and demand	la ley de la oferta y la demanda
I demand that	exijo que
in demand	solicitado

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Present:	exigiendo
Past:	exigido

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	Present	Preterite	Imperfect	Conditional	Future
yo	exijo	exigí	exigía	exigiría	exigiré
tú	exiges	exigiste	exigías	exigirías	exigirás
él/ella/Ud.	exige	exigió	exigía	exigiría	exigirá
nosotros	exigimos	exigimos	exigíamos	exigiríamos	exigiremos
vosotros	exigís	exigisteis	exigíais	exigiríais	exigiréis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	exigen	exigieron	exigían	exigirían	exigirán