pedir la luna
Spanish
Verb
pedir la luna (first-person singular present pido la luna, first-person singular preterite pedí la luna, past participle pedido la luna)
- (idiomatic) to ask for the moon
- Synonym: pedir peras al olmo
Further reading
- “pedir la luna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024