pedir
Portuguese, verb/peˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/
pedir is spelled P-E-D-I-R (5 letters) and appears 138 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 714th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pedir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to ask for; to request (to express the need or desire for something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “solicitar”.
What does pedir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to ask for; to request (to express the need or desire for something)
Nenhum de vocês precisa pedir permissão para ninguém.
- 2
to order (to request a product or service)
pedir uma pizza
- 3
to ask for; to invite (to be in obvious need of)
Estas janelas estão pedindo uma limpeza!
- 4
to charge (to assign a given price to something)
O vendedor pediu dez mil pelo carro.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. solicitar 2. implorar 3. pôr como preço 4. perguntar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pedir
- peço first-person present singular
- pedi first-person preterite singular
- pedido participle past
- pedires infinitive second-person singular
- pedirmos first-person infinitive plural
- pedirdes infinitive plural second-person
- pedirem infinitive plural third-person
- pedindo gerund
- pedidos masculine participle past
- pedida feminine participle past
- pedidas feminine participle past
- pedes indicative present second-person
- pede indicative present singular
- pedimos first-person indicative plural
- pedis indicative plural present
- pedem indicative plural present
- pedia first-person imperfect indicative
- pedias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pedir?
- Brazil /peˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [peˈd͡ʒi(h)]
- /peˈd͡ʒi(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pedir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pedir in Portuguese?
pedir appears 138 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).