Phrase · 📝 Formal requests
Quisiera pedirle un favor, si no es mucho pedir.
I'd like to ask you a favour, if it's not too much to ask.
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Why every word is where it is
Quisiera1verbI would likequerer · subjunctive · imperfect · 1st sing.pedirle1verbto ask youpedir · infinitiveundeterminerauno · masc. · sing. · indefinitefavornounfavourmasc. · sing.,si2conjunctionifno2adverbnotes2verbit isser · present · 3rd sing.mucho2adverbtoo muchpedir2verbto askinfinitive.
- Quisiera → pedirle: obj
- pedirle → favor: obj
- favor → un: agree
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Quisiera pedirle = I would like to ask you: quisiera softens the request; le (= usted) attaches to the infinitive. Imperfect subjunctive: forms and uses →
- 2Si no es mucho pedir = if it is not too much to ask: si + present, where Portuguese says se não for. Real conditions: si + present →