🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

pedido

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /peˈdi.du/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Request/rɪˈkwɛst/
nounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #800 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O cliente fez um pedido especial."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An act of asking politely or formally for something.

    "The committee granted his request for additional funding."
As verb
  1. 1

    To formally or politely ask for something or ask someone to do something.

    "Residents are requested to conserve water during the drought."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'request' originates from the Old French 'requeste', which itself comes from the Latin 'requesta', meaning 'a seeking or asking'. Over time, the term evolved in English to encompass both the act of asking and the formal appeal for something.

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