ask
/æsk/ verbo A1En español: preguntar, preduntar, pedir, requerir
- To request (information, or an answer to a question). · I asked her age.· I didn't know the answer so I asked.
- To request or enquire of (a person). · I asked her (for) her age.· I’m going to ask this lady (for) directions.
- To request (an item or service) (see also ask for). · to ask for a second helping at dinner· to ask for help with homework
- To request (someone to do something). · Emma asked Jim to close his eyes.
- To request permission (to do something). · She asked to see the doctor.· Did you ask to use the car?
- To put forward (a question) to be answered. · to ask a question· to ask a riddle
- To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity. · What price are you asking for the house?· It’s asking a lot of this old car to make it all the way up to Scotland.
- To invite. · Don’t ask them to the wedding.
Plural ask · He/she/it asks · Pasado asked · Participio pasado asked · Forma en -ing asking
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- ask
- He/she/it
- asks
- Pasado
- asked
- Participio pasado
- asked
- Forma en -ing
- asking
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
- ask after To enquire about the health or progress (of someone).
- ask around To enquire of different people about something.
- ask back To invite an interviewee to a further interview.
- ask in To invite someone to enter one's house.
- ask out invitarlo a salir de cita a... con, pedirle salir de cita...
- ask over To invite (someone) to come to one's house or other place.
De la biblioteca
At length, however, the question was asked by her uncle; and she turned away with alarm, while Mrs.
Her aunt asked her, smilingly, how she liked it.
When we got into the train at Charlottetown and the red roads began to flash past I asked Mrs.
Spencer what made them red and she said she didn’t know and for pity’s sake not to ask her any more questions.
Otras coincidencias
- ask A lizard. C2
- ask An act or instance of asking. C2
- ask after To enquire about the health or progress
- ask around To enquire of different people about something.
- ask back To invite an interviewee to a further interview.
- ask in To invite someone to enter one's house.
- ask out invitarlo a salir de cita a... con, pedirle sal...
- ask over To invite
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