suplicar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- beg verb To ask urgently for something, often money, food, or a favor.
- supplicate verb To make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority); to beg, to beseech, to entreat.
Senses
suplicar is used for these senses in English:
- beg (transitive) To plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat.
beg — full definition
- verb To ask urgently for something, often money, food, or a favor.
- verb To plead earnestly with someone, especially to be forgiven or spared.
supplicate — full definition
- verb To make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority); to beg, to beseech, to entreat.
- verb Of a member of the university, or an alumnus or alumna of another university seeking a degree ad eundem: to make a formal request (to the university) that an academic degree be awarded to oneself.
- verb To make a humble request to (a deity or other spiritual being) in a prayer; to entreat as a supplicant.
- verb To ask or request (something) humbly and sincerely, especially from a person in authority; to beg or entreat for.