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audio pe·dir

tr.
  1. to ask, request
    le pidieron que cerrara la puerta they asked him to close the door
  2. to ask for, request
    le pedí diez dólares I asked him for ten dollars
  3. (demandar) to demand
  4. (mendigar) to beg
  5. to order
    pidió una taza de café he ordered a cup of coffee
  6. (necesitar) to need, require
    la tierra pide abono the earth needs fertilizer
  7. (a una mujer) to ask (parents) for the hand of (a woman in marriage)
  8. commerce (poner precio) to ask, charge (a price)
  9. (encargar) to order (goods)

Idioms:
a pedir de boca
to one's heart's content
pedir disculpas
to apologize
pedir en justicia
law to bring a suit, sue
pedir la luna or pedir peras al olmo
figurative to ask for the moon
pedir la palabra
to ask for the floor
pedir perdón
to beg pardon
pedir prestado
to borrow
Inflected Forms: pedid - trav
pedida - trav
pedidas - trav
pedido - trav
pedidos - trav
pedimos - trav
pediremos - trav
pedirá - trav
pedirán - trav
pedirás - trav
pediré - trav
pediréis - trav
pediría - trav
pediríais - trav
pediríamos - trav
pedirían - trav
pedirías - trav
pediste - trav
pedisteis - trav
pedí - trav
pedía - trav
pedíais - trav
pedíamos - trav
pedían - trav
pedías - trav
pedís - trav
pida - trav
pidamos - trav
pidan - trav
pidas - trav
pide - trav
piden - trav
pides - trav
pidiendo - trav
pidiera - trav
pidierais - trav
pidieran - trav
pidieras - trav
pidiere - trav
pidiereis - trav
pidieren - trav
pidieres - trav
pidieron - trav
pidiese - trav
pidieseis - trav
pidiesen - trav
pidieses - trav
pidiéramos - trav
pidiéremos - trav
pidiésemos - trav
pidió - trav
pido - trav
pidáis - trav

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