Galician

Verb

pedir ‎(first-person singular present pido, first-person singular preterite pedín, past participle pedido)

1. to ask for; to request; to order

Conjugation

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• pidir (obsolete, now eye dialect)
• pidi (eye dialect, Brazil)
• pedi (eye dialect, Brazil)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese pedir, from Latin petere, present active infinitive of petō, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈðiɾ/

Verb

pedir ‎(first-person singular present indicative peço, past participle pedido)

1. to ask for, to ask, to request

   Nenhum de vocês precisa pedir permissão para ninguém.‎

   Neither of you has to ask anyone for permission.

2. to order (in a restaurant)

   pedir uma pizza - to order a pizza

Conjugation

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: pidi

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin petere, present active infinitive of petō.

Verb

pedir ‎(first-person singular present pido, first-person singular preterite pedí, past participle pedido)

1. to ask for something

   Él le pidió agua al mesero. – He asked the waiter for water.

2. 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.

3. to order something

Conjugation

• Rule: e weakens to i in certain conjugations.

Related terms

• pedido
• pedigüeño
• petición