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PORTUGUESE · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

pedir.

to ask for; to request (to express the need or desire for something)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/peˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/Brazil[peˈd͡ʒi(h)]Brazil/peˈd͡ʒi(ɾ)/São-Paulo/peˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. to ask for; to request (to express the need or desire for something)

    intransitive · transitive
    Nenhum de vocês precisa pedir permissão para ninguém.
    Peço que vocês parem de fazer barulho.
  2. to order (to request a product or service)

    transitive
    pedir uma pizza
  3. to ask for; to invite (to be in obvious need of)

    intransitive · transitive
    Estas janelas estão pedindo uma limpeza!
  4. to charge (to assign a given price to something)

    transitive
    O vendedor pediu dez mil pelo carro.
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese pedir, from Vulgar Latin *petīre, from Latin petere (“ask, request”). Compare Romanian peți, Italian pezzire.

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