solicitar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- apply verb To formally request something, such as a job or place at a school.
- call verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
- canvass verb To go around asking people for their opinions, support, or votes.
- invite verb To ask someone to come to an event or take part in something.
- request verb To ask for something, often politely or formally.
- solicit verb To ask for or try to obtain something, often persistently or formally.
Senses
solicitar is used for these senses in English:
- apply (intransitive) To submit oneself as a candidate (with the adposition "to" or "at" designating the recipient of the submission, and the adposition "for" designating the position).
- call To come to pass; to afflict.
- canvass (specifically, politics) To seek the support of (voters or a constituency) in a forthcoming election or poll through personal solicitation or public addresses.
- invite (transitive) To request formally.
apply — full definition
- verb To formally request something, such as a job or place at a school.
- verb To put something into use for a particular purpose.
- verb To be relevant or have an effect on a particular case.
call — full definition
- verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
- verb To give someone or something a name; to refer to something in a particular way.
- verb To pay a brief visit, or to stop at a place, especially a ship stopping at a port.
- verb To predict or officially declare an outcome.
- noun An act of speaking to someone on the phone.