pedir la mano
Spanish
Verb
pedir la mano (first-person singular present pido la mano, first-person singular preterite pedí la mano, past participle pedido la mano)
- to propose (marriage), to ask for someone's hand in marriage
- Synonyms: pedir matrimonio, proponer matrimonio
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Further reading
- “pedir la mano de una mujer”, 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