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Learned borrowing from Latin demandāre. Doublet of demanar.

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demandar (first-person singular present demando, first-person singular preterite demandí, past participle demandat)

  1. (transitive, archaic) to ask, to demand
  2. (transitive, law) to petition
  3. (transitive, law) to start legal proceedings against someone, to sue

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Galician

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese demandar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin dēmandāre. Compare Portuguese demandar.

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demandar (first-person singular present demando, first-person singular preterite demandei, past participle demandado)

  1. (archaic) to look for
  2. to ask for; to demand
    • 1920, Manuel Vidal, Contos galegos d'antano e d'hogano, page 144:
      Logo en canto vosté saíu ó patio a demandar socorro, saíu o defunto da cuba, e ganou a escaleira da trapa, que dá a sala. Dempois en canto os seus sobriños foron xunto de vosté a faguer a comedia de ver o que había na cuba, el visteuse e saíu a campo travesa
      Then, as soon as you left for the yard asking for help, the deceased exited the barrel and came to the stairs of the trapdoor, which opens to the hall. After this, as soon as you nephews went by your side to make the comedy on what was inside the barrel, he got dressed and ran across the open field.
  3. (transitive, law) to sue
    Non sería quen de acoitelar un home; máis ben o demandaría nun xulgado.
    She would not stab a man; she would sue him in the law courts.

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Borrowed from French demanderItalian domandare. Also found in English demand and Spanish demandar. Compare Esperanto demandi.

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demandar (present demandas, past demandis, future demandos, conditional demandus, imperative demandez)

  1. (transitive) to ask for, make a request

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  • Progreso II (in Ido), 1909–1910, page 78, 167
  • Progreso III (in Ido), 1910–1911, page 224

Interlingua

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Etymology

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From French demander.

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demandar

  1. to ask

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Ladino

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From Old Spanish demandar, from Latin demandāre, present active infinitive of demandō.

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demandar (Latin spelling)

  1. to ask (a question)
    • 2019 May 22, Silvio & Eyal Ovadya, “Un evenimyento, una dicha/un proverbo”, in Şalom[1]:
      Me demando: de ke no azesh este konserto en Estanbol. Es mas kolay de ir i vinir.
      She asked me: why don't you do this concert in Istanbul. It's easier to go and come.
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Occitan

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Etymology

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From Old Occitan demandar, from Latin demandāre, present active infinitive of demandō. Attested from the 12th century.[1]

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  • Audio (Béarn):(file)

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demandar

  1. to ask (pose a question)
  2. to ask for; to request

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  1. ^ Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 180.

Old Occitan

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From Latin demandāre, present active infinitive of demandō.

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demandar

  1. to ask for; to request
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  • Occitan: demandar

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese demandar, from Latin dēmandāre. Compare Galician demandar.

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  • Hyphenation: de‧man‧dar

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demandar (first-person singular present demando, first-person singular preterite demandei, past participle demandado)

  1. to demand
  2. (law) to file suit

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish demandar, from Latin demandāre.

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  • IPA(key): /demanˈdaɾ/ [d̪e.mãn̪ˈd̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: de‧man‧dar

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demandar (first-person singular present demando, first-person singular preterite demandé, past participle demandado)

  1. to insist, ask (for something), request
  2. (law) to sue, file suit, implead
    demandar en juicioto sue
  3. to take charge (of something)

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