pedir
Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese pedir, from Vulgar Latin *petīre, from Latin petere (“ask, request”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]pedir (first-person singular present pido, third-person singular present pide, first-person singular preterite pedín, past participle pedido)
pedir (first-person singular present pido or peço, first-person singular preterite pedim or pedi, past participle pedido, reintegrationist norm)
Conjugation
[edit]| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) |
Second-person (ti) |
Third-person (el / ela / Vde.) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | pedir | |||||
| Personal | pedir | pedires | pedir | pedirmos | pedirdes | pediren |
| Gerund | ||||||
| pedindo | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | pedido | pedidos | ||||
| Feminine | pedida | pedidas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | pido | pides | pide | pedimos | pedides | piden |
| Imperfect | pedía | pedías | pedía | pediamos | pediades | pedían |
| Preterite | pedín | pediches | pediu | pedimos | pedistes | pediron |
| Pluperfect | pedira | pediras | pedira | pediramos | pedirades | pediran |
| Future | pedirei | pedirás | pedirá | pediremos | pediredes | pedirán |
| Conditional | pediría | pedirías | pediría | pediriamos | pediriades | pedirían |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | pida | pidas | pida | pidamos | pidades | pidan |
| Imperfect | pedise | pedises | pedise | pedísemos | pedísedes | pedisen |
| Future | pedir | pedires | pedir | pedirmos | pedirdes | pediren |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | pide | pida | pidamos | pedide | pidan | |
| Negative (non) | non pidas | non pida | non pidamos | non pidades | non pidan | |
1Less recommended.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “pedir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “pedir”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pedir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pedir”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pedir”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese pedir, from Vulgar Latin *petīre, from Latin petere (“ask, request”). Compare Romanian peți, Italian pezzire.
Pronunciation
[edit]
Verb
[edit]pedir (first-person singular present peço, first-person singular preterite pedi, past participle pedido)
- (transitive or intransitive) to ask for; to request (to express the need or desire for something) [transitive or with por ‘something’, along with para ‘from someone’; or with que (+ subjunctive clause) ‘for someone to do something’]
- Nenhum de vocês precisa pedir permissão para ninguém. ― Neither of you has to ask anyone for permission.
- Peço que vocês parem de fazer barulho. ― I ask you to stop making noise.
- Se está com dificuldade, peça por ajuda. ― If you are having difficulties, ask for help.
- (transitive) to order (to request a product or service)
- pedir uma pizza ― to order a pizza
- (transitive or intransitive) to ask for; to invite (to be in obvious need of) [transitive or with por ‘something’]
- Estas janelas estão pedindo uma limpeza! ― These windows are asking for a cleaning!
- (transitive) to charge (to assign a given price to something) [with por ‘for something’]
- Synonym: cobrar
- O vendedor pediu dez mil pelo carro. ― The salesman charged ten thousand for the car.
Conjugation
[edit]| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) |
Second-person (tu) |
Third-person (ele / ela / você) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | pedir | |||||
| Personal | pedir | pedires | pedir | pedirmos | pedirdes | pedirem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| pedindo | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | pedido | pedidos | ||||
| Feminine | pedida | pedidas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | peço | pedes | pede | pedimos | pedis | pedem |
| Imperfect | pedia | pedias | pedia | pedíamos | pedíeis | pediam |
| Preterite | pedi | pediste | pediu | pedimos | pedistes | pediram |
| Pluperfect | pedira | pediras | pedira | pedíramos | pedíreis | pediram |
| Future | pedirei | pedirás | pedirá | pediremos | pedireis | pedirão |
| Conditional | pediria | pedirias | pediria | pediríamos | pediríeis | pediriam |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | peça | peças | peça | peçamos | peçais | peçam |
| Imperfect | pedisse | pedisses | pedisse | pedíssemos | pedísseis | pedissem |
| Future | pedir | pedires | pedir | pedirmos | pedirdes | pedirem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | pede | peça | peçamos | pedi | peçam | |
| Negative (não) | não peças | não peça | não peçamos | não peçais | não peçam | |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Kabuverdianu: pidi
Further reading
[edit]- “pedir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “pedir”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
- “pedir” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “pedir”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “pedir”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “pedir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Vulgar Latin *petīre, from Latin petere (“ask, request”). Compare English petition.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]pedir (first-person singular present pido, first-person singular preterite pedí, past participle pedido)
- (transitive) to ask for something
- Él le pidió agua al camarero.
- He asked the waiter for water.
- ¿Puede pedirle el dinero?
- Can you ask her for the money?
- to request someone else to do something
- Pido que ustedes estén ahí a la una.
- I ask that you be there at one o'clock.
- 2016 November, “La raza de gatos más cariñosa”, in Frontera.info[1]:
- Si no les das el cariño suficiente acudirán a pedírtelo por lo que necesitan dueños que puedan prestarles la suficiente atención.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (transitive) to order something
- Voy a pedir una hamburguesa.
- I am going to order a burger.
- (transitive) to call, call in (e.g. to call for help, to call for backup, to call in a favor)
- to plead
Conjugation
[edit]| infinitive | pedir | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | pidiendo | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | pedido | pedida | |||||
| plural | pedidos | pedidas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | pido | pidestú pedísvos |
pide | pedimos | pedís | piden | |
| imperfect | pedía | pedías | pedía | pedíamos | pedíais | pedían | |
| preterite | pedí | pediste | pidió | pedimos | pedisteis | pidieron | |
| future | pediré | pedirás | pedirá | pediremos | pediréis | pedirán | |
| conditional | pediría | pedirías | pediría | pediríamos | pediríais | pedirían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | pida | pidastú pidásvos2 |
pida | pidamos | pidáis | pidan | |
| imperfect (ra) |
pidiera | pidieras | pidiera | pidiéramos | pidierais | pidieran | |
| imperfect (se) |
pidiese | pidieses | pidiese | pidiésemos | pidieseis | pidiesen | |
| future1 | pidiere | pidieres | pidiere | pidiéremos | pidiereis | pidieren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | pidetú pedívos |
pida | pidamos | pedid | pidan | ||
| negative | no pidas | no pida | no pidamos | no pidáis | no pidan | ||
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “pedir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
- “pedir”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
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