# demandar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin demandāre. Doublet of demanar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [də.mənˈda]
* IPA: (Valencia) [de.manˈdaɾ]

### Verb

demandar (first-person singular present demando, first-person singular preterite demandí, past participle demandat)
* (transitive, archaic) to ask, to demand
* (transitive, law) to petition
* (transitive, law) to start legal proceedings against someone, to sue

#### Derived terms

* demandant
* demandat

#### Related terms

* demanda

### Further reading

* “demandar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese demandar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin dēmandāre. Compare Portuguese demandar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [d̪e.mãnˈð̞ar]

### Verb

demandar (first-person singular present demando, first-person singular preterite demandei, past participle demandado)
* (archaic) to look for
* to ask for; to demand
** 1920, Manuel Vidal, Contos galegos d'antano e d'hogano, page 144:Logo en canto vosté saíu ó patio a demandar socorro, saíu o defunto da cuba, e ganou a escaleira da trapa, que dá a sala. Dempois en canto os seus sobriños foron xunto de vosté a faguer a comedia de ver o que había na cuba, el visteuse e saíu a campo travesaThen, as soon as you left for the yard asking for help, the deceased exited the barrel and came to the stairs of the trapdoor, which opens to the hall. After this, as soon as you nephews went by your side to make the comedy on what was inside the barrel, he got dressed and ran across the open field.
* (transitive, law) to sue
    Non sería quen de acoitelar un home; máis ben o demandaría nun xulgado.She would not stab a man; she would sue him in the law courts.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “demandar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “demandar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “demandar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “demandar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “demandar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “demandar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “demandar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from French demander, Italian domandare. Also found in English demand and Spanish demandar. Compare Esperanto demandi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /demanˈdar/

### Verb

demandar (present demandas, past demandis, future demandos, conditional demandus, imperative demandez)
* (transitive) to ask for, make a request

#### Derived terms

* demando (“request, asking; demand”)
* demandanto (“asker, applicant”)
* demandajo (“thing asked for, requested”)
* kontredemando (“counterquestion”)

### See also

* postular

### References

* Progreso II (in Ido), 1909–1910, page 78, 167
* Progreso III (in Ido), 1910–1911, page 224

## Interlingua
### Etymology

From French demander.

### Verb

demandar
* to ask

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | demandar | demandar |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | demandante | demandate |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | demanda | ha demandate |
| active | past | demandava | habeva demandate |
| active | future | demandara | habera demandate |
| active | conditional | demandarea | haberea demandate |
| active | imperative | demanda | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es demandate | ha essite demandate |
| passive | past | esseva demandate | habeva essite demandate |
| passive | future | essera demandate | habera essite demandate |
| passive | conditional | esserea demandate | haberea essite demandate |
| passive | imperative | sia demandate | |

## Ladino
### Etymology

From Old Spanish demandar, from Latin demandāre.

### Verb

demandar (Latin spelling)
* to ask (a question)
** 2019 May 22, Silvio & Eyal Ovadya, “Un evenimyento, una dicha/un proverbo”, in Şalom‎:Me demando: de ke no azesh este konserto en Estanbol. Es mas kolay de ir i vinir.She asked me: why don't you do this concert in Istanbul. It's easier to go and come.

#### Related terms

* demanda

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Old Occitan demandar, from Latin demandāre. Attested from the 12th century.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Béarn):(file)

### Verb

demandar
* to ask (pose a question)
* to ask for; to request

#### Derived terms

* demandaire
* damandador
* demandant

#### Related terms

* demanda
* mandar

### References

* ↑ Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 180.

## Old Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin demandāre.

### Verb

demandar
* to ask for; to request

#### Related terms

* mandar

#### Descendants

* Occitan: demandar

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese demandar, from Latin dēmandāre. Compare Galician demandar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /de.mɐ̃ˈda(ʁ)/ [de.mɐ̃ˈda(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /de.mɐ̃ˈda(ʁ)/ [de.mɐ̃ˈda(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /de.mɐ̃ˈda(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /de.mɐ̃ˈda(ʁ)/ [de.mɐ̃ˈda(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /de.mɐ̃ˈda(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.mɐ̃ˈdaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.mɐ̃ˈdaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.mɐ̃ˈda.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: de‧man‧dar

### Verb

demandar (first-person singular present demando, first-person singular preterite demandei, past participle demandado)
* to demand
* (law) to file suit

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* demanda

#### Related terms

* comandar
* encomendar
* mandar
* mão

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish demandar, from Latin demandāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /demanˈdaɾ/ [d̪e.mãn̪ˈd̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: de‧man‧dar

### Verb

demandar (first-person singular present demando, first-person singular preterite demandé, past participle demandado)
* to insist, ask (for something), request
* (law) to sue, file suit, implead
    demandar en juicio ― to sue
* to take charge (of something)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* demanda
* sobredemandar

#### Related terms

* comandar
* encomendar
* mandar

### Further reading

* “demandar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10