requestar

Catalan

Etymology

From requesta +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rə.kəsˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.kesˈtaɾ]

Verb

requestar (first-person singular present requesto, first-person singular preterite requestí, past participle requestat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (transitive) to demand

   Synonym: requerir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of requestar (first conjugation)

infinitive			requestar
gerund			requestant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		requestat		requestada
		plural		requestats		requestades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	requesto	requestes	requesta	requestem	requesteu	requesten
	imperfect	requestava	requestaves	requestava	requestàvem	requestàveu	requestaven
	future	requestaré	requestaràs	requestarà	requestarem	requestareu	requestaran
	preterite	requestí	requestares	requestà	requestàrem	requestàreu	requestaren
	conditional	requestaria	requestaries	requestaria	requestaríem	requestaríeu	requestarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	requesti	requestis	requesti	requestem	requesteu	requestin
	imperfect	requestés	requestessis	requestés	requestéssim	requestéssiu	requestessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	requesta	requesti	requestem	requesteu	requestin
	negative (no)	—	no requestis	no requesti	no requestem	no requesteu	no requestin

Further reading

• “requestar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *requīsītāre, from Latin requīsītus, perfect passive participle of requīrō.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kesˈta(ʁ)/ [he.kesˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kesˈta(ʁ)/ [he.kesˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kesˈta(ɾ)/ [he.kesˈta(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.keʃˈta(ʁ)/ [χe.keʃˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kesˈta(ɻ)/ [he.kesˈta(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.kɨʃˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.kɨʃˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.kɨʃˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: re‧ques‧tar

Verb

requestar (first-person singular present requesto, first-person singular preterite requestei, past participle requestado)

1. to ask, beg
2. to court, woo

Conjugation

    Conjugation of requestar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	requestar
Personal	requestar	requestares	requestar	requestarmos	requestardes	requestarem
Gerund
	requestando
Past participle
Masculine	requestado			requestados
Feminine	requestada			requestadas
Indicative
Present	requesto	requestas	requesta	requestamos	requestais	requestam
Imperfect	requestava	requestavas	requestava	requestávamos	requestáveis	requestavam
Preterite	requestei	requestaste	requestou	requestamos1, requestámos2	requestastes	requestaram
Pluperfect	requestara	requestaras	requestara	requestáramos	requestáreis	requestaram
Future	requestarei	requestarás	requestará	requestaremos	requestareis	requestarão
Conditional	requestaria	requestarias	requestaria	requestaríamos	requestaríeis	requestariam
Subjunctive
Present	requeste	requestes	requeste	requestemos	requesteis	requestem
Imperfect	requestasse	requestasses	requestasse	requestássemos	requestásseis	requestassem
Future	requestar	requestares	requestar	requestarmos	requestardes	requestarem
Imperative
Affirmative		requesta	requeste	requestemos	requestai	requestem
Negative (não)		não requestes	não requeste	não requestemos	não requesteis	não requestem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “requestar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025