# pedir
## Galician
### Alternative forms

* pidir

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [pɪˈðiɾ]

### Verb

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)
* to ask for; to request; to order

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* a pan pedir
* pedicha
* pedichar
* pedichón

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pedir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pedir”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (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
### Alternative forms

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

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /peˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [peˈd͡ʒi(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /peˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [peˈd͡ʒi(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /peˈd͡ʒi(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /peˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [peˈd͡ʒi(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /peˈd͡ʒi(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɨˈdiɾ/ [pɨˈðiɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɨˈdiɾ/ [pɨˈðiɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pɨˈdi.ɾi/ [pɨˈði.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: pe‧dir

### Verb

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.

#### Derived terms

* pedinte

#### Descendants

* Kabuverdianu: pidi

### Further reading

* “pedir”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “pedir”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “pedir” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “pedir”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “pedir”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “pedir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *petīre, from Latin petere (“ask, request”). Compare English petition.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /peˈdiɾ/ [peˈð̞iɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -iɾ
* Syllabification: pe‧dir

### Verb

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: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

$^1$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

* a pedir de boca
* contra el vicio de pedir, la virtud de no dar
* pedimento
* pedir cotufas en el golfo
* pedir disculpas
* pedir en justicia
* pedir la escupidera
* pedir la luna
* pedir la mano
* pedir la palabra
* pedir papas
* pedir perdón

#### Related terms

* pedido
* pedigüeño
* petición

### Further reading

* “pedir”, 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
* “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
* DiPerú | Diccionario de peruanismos en línea