| ask
 
 
 
  transitive verb 
  preguntar 
 EN Did she think the same birds came to the same trees every night? he asked.
 GL ¿Pensaba que eran os mesmos paxaros os que viñan cada noite á mesma árbore?, preguntou.
 
  Fonte: CAR (1200) 
 ..... convidar 
 EN Arobin appeared nonplused, and asked Edna if there were any one else she cared to ask.
 GL Arobin pareceu desconcertado, e preguntoulle a Edna se había alguén a quén quixese convidar.
 
  Fonte: ESP (2095) 
  to ask somebody to + INF  pedirlle a alguén que 
 EN In the 1970s, when nouvelle cuisine emerged, drawing so much criticism at the time, we went to see farmers to ask them to supply us with exceptional products.
 GL Nos anos 70, cando apareceu esta "nova cociña", tan criticada daquela, visitámo-los campesiños para lles pedirmos que nos fornecesen eses productos excepcionais.
 
  Fonte: C26 (1435) 
  solicitarlle a alguén que 
 EN I shall put them both before you, and I shall ask M. Bouc and Dr Constantine here to judge which solution is the right one.
 GL Presentaréille-las dúas e despois solicitareilles a Monsieur Bouc e ó doutor Constantine aquí presentes que xulguen cál das dúas solucións é a correcta.
 
  Fonte: ASA (5807) 
 ..... invitar a alguén a (que) 
 EN All of a sudden it changed into a young man, who asked her to go walking with him.
 GL De súpeto converteuse nun mozo, que a invitou a dar un paseo canda el.
 
  Fonte: CEL (10) 
  to ask about  facer preguntas sobre 
 EN Schools are expected to inform parents when a pupil tells a teacher they are having sex or asks about contraception in all but the "most exceptional circumstances".
 GL Obrigan os profesores a informa-los país os fillos dos cales fan preguntas sobre métodos contraceptivos ou que confesan que mantiveron relacións sexuais.
 
  Fonte: C15 (1527) 
  interesarse por 
 EN "They don't just ask about immigration problems; they are often looking for information about matters ranging from divorce to school admission," says Sagadevan, an expert on French legal affairs who hosts this weekly programme.
 GL "Os oíntes non só se interesan polos problemas de inmigración, senón tamén por temas que van do divorcio á admisión nas escolas", sinala Sagadevan, animador da emisión e especialista en dereito francés.
 
  Fonte: C19 (276) 
 ..... preguntar por 
 EN Did she ask about me?
 GL Preguntaba por min?
 
  Fonte: PAR (703) 
  to ask after ..... preguntar por 
 EN He had no courage to ask after any more friends, but cried out in despair, "Does nobody here know Rip Van Winkle?"
 GL Non tiña valor para preguntar por ningún amigo máis, así que berrou desesperadamente: ¿É que ninguén coñece a Rip Van Winkle?
 
  Fonte: RIP (178) 
  to ask for  pedir 
 EN He asked for water, and in the cup of it he put three drops of ammonia, and he pried open the baby's mouth and poured it down.
 GL Pediu auga e nun vaso botou tres pingas de amoníaco. Abriulle a boca do neno á forza e verteullo dentro.
 
  Fonte: PER (578) 
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