demand
transitive verb
preguntar
EN "Why shouldn't she take me seriously?" he demanded sharply.
GL --Por que non había de tomarme en serio? --preguntou en ton cortante--.
Fonte: ESP (466)
esixir
EN She could not see the colour; she could not see the lines; even with his back turned to her, she could only think, But he'll be down on me in a moment, demanding -- something she felt she could not give him.
GL Ela non podía ve-la cor, non podía ve-las liñas; mesmo cando lle daba as costas, só podía pensar: pero vouno ter aquí axiña, esixindo... algo que ela sabía que non lle podía dar.
Fonte: CAR (2285)
noun
esixencia
EN His immense self-pity, his demand for sympathy poured and spread itself in pools at her feet, and all she did, miserable sinner that she was, was to draw her skirts a little closer round her ankles, lest she should get wet.
GL A súa inmensa autocompaixón, a súa esixencia de comprensión salferíana coma unha choiva que ía formando pozas ós seus pés, e todo o que facía, como pobre desgraciada que era, era recoller máis a saia arredor dos nocellos para non mollarse.
Fonte: CAR (2364)
demanda
EN Considering that the price of dogs had been boomed skyward by the unwonted demand, it was not an unfair sum for so fine an animal.
GL Tendo en conta que o precio dos cans estaba polas nubes a causa da grande demanda, aquel non era mal negocio tratándose de tan bo exemplar.
Fonte: CHA (165)
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