solicitar

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sollicitāre.

Verb

solicitar (first-person singular present solicito, first-person singular preterite solicitei, past participle solicitado)

1. to solicit, request

Conjugation

    Conjugation of solicitar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	solicitar
Personal	solicitar	solicitares	solicitar	solicitarmos	solicitardes	solicitaren
Gerund
	solicitando
Past participle
Masculine	solicitado			solicitados
Feminine	solicitada			solicitadas
Indicative
Present	solicito	solicitas	solicita	solicitamos	solicitades	solicitan
Imperfect	solicitaba	solicitabas	solicitaba	solicitabamos	solicitabades	solicitaban
Preterite	solicitei	solicitaches	solicitou	solicitamos	solicitastes	solicitaron
Pluperfect	solicitara	solicitaras	solicitara	solicitaramos	solicitarades	solicitaran
Future	solicitarei	solicitarás	solicitará	solicitaremos	solicitaredes	solicitarán
Conditional	solicitaría	solicitarías	solicitaría	solicitariamos	solicitariades	solicitarían
Subjunctive
Present	solicite	solicites	solicite	solicitemos	solicitedes	soliciten
Imperfect	solicitase	solicitases	solicitase	solicitásemos	solicitásedes	solicitasen
Future	solicitar	solicitares	solicitar	solicitarmos	solicitardes	solicitaren
Imperative
Affirmative		solicita	solicite	solicitemos	solicitade	soliciten
Negative (non)		non solicites	non solicite	non solicitemos	non solicitedes	non soliciten

    Reintegrated conjugation of solicitar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	solicitar
Personal	solicitar	solicitares	solicitar	solicitarmos	solicitardes	solicitarem
Gerund
	solicitando
Past participle
Masculine	solicitado			solicitados
Feminine	solicitada			solicitadas
Indicative
Present	solicito	solicitas	solicita	solicitamos	solicitades, solicitais	solicitam
Imperfect	solicitava	solicitavas	solicitava	solicitávamos	solicitávades, solicitáveis, solicitávais1	solicitavam
Preterite	solicitei	solicitaste, solicitache1	solicitou	solicitamos	solicitastes	solicitárom, solicitaram
Pluperfect	solicitara	solicitaras	solicitara	solicitáramos	solicitárades, solicitáreis, solicitárais1	solicitaram
Future	solicitarei	solicitarás	solicitará	solicitaremos	solicitaredes, solicitareis	solicitarám, solicitarão
Conditional	solicitaria	solicitarias	solicitaria	solicitaríamos	solicitaríades, solicitaríeis, solicitaríais1	solicitariam
Subjunctive
Present	solicite	solicites	solicite	solicitemos	solicitedes, soliciteis	solicitem
Imperfect	solicitasse	solicitasses	solicitasse	solicitássemos	solicitássedes, solicitásseis	solicitassem
Future	solicitar	solicitares	solicitar	solicitarmos	solicitardes	solicitarem
Imperative
Affirmative		solicita	solicite	solicitemos	solicitade, solicitai	solicitem
Negative (nom)		nom solicites	nom solicite	nom solicitemos	nom solicitedes, nom soliciteis	nom solicitem

¹Less recommended.

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sollicitāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /so.li.siˈta(ʁ)/ [so.li.siˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /so.li.siˈta(ʁ)/ [so.li.siˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /so.li.siˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /so.li.siˈta(ʁ)/ [so.li.siˈta(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /so.li.siˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.li.siˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.li.siˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.li.siˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: so‧li‧ci‧tar

Verb

solicitar (first-person singular present solicito, first-person singular preterite solicitei, past participle solicitado)

1. to request (to ask somebody to do something)

   Synonyms: pedir, requerer, requisitar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of solicitar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	solicitar
Personal	solicitar	solicitares	solicitar	solicitarmos	solicitardes	solicitarem
Gerund
	solicitando
Past participle
Masculine	solicitado			solicitados
Feminine	solicitada			solicitadas
Indicative
Present	solicito	solicitas	solicita	solicitamos	solicitais	solicitam
Imperfect	solicitava	solicitavas	solicitava	solicitávamos	solicitáveis	solicitavam
Preterite	solicitei	solicitaste	solicitou	solicitamos1, solicitámos2	solicitastes	solicitaram
Pluperfect	solicitara	solicitaras	solicitara	solicitáramos	solicitáreis	solicitaram
Future	solicitarei	solicitarás	solicitará	solicitaremos	solicitareis	solicitarão
Conditional	solicitaria	solicitarias	solicitaria	solicitaríamos	solicitaríeis	solicitariam
Subjunctive
Present	solicite	solicites	solicite	solicitemos	soliciteis	solicitem
Imperfect	solicitasse	solicitasses	solicitasse	solicitássemos	solicitásseis	solicitassem
Future	solicitar	solicitares	solicitar	solicitarmos	solicitardes	solicitarem
Imperative
Affirmative		solicita	solicite	solicitemos	solicitai	solicitem
Negative (não)		não solicites	não solicite	não solicitemos	não soliciteis	não solicitem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “solicitar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “solicitar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sollicitāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soliθiˈtaɾ/ [so.li.θiˈt̪aɾ] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /solisiˈtaɾ/ [so.li.siˈt̪aɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: so‧li‧ci‧tar

Verb

solicitar (first-person singular present solicito, first-person singular preterite solicité, past participle solicitado)

1. to request, to ask for, to solicit

   Synonym: pedir

2. (physics) to attract

Conjugation

    Conjugation of solicitar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			solicitar
gerund			solicitando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		solicitado		solicitada
		plural		solicitados		solicitadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	solicito	solicitastú solicitásvos	solicita	solicitamos	solicitáis	solicitan
	imperfect	solicitaba	solicitabas	solicitaba	solicitábamos	solicitabais	solicitaban
	preterite	solicité	solicitaste	solicitó	solicitamos	solicitasteis	solicitaron
	future	solicitaré	solicitarás	solicitará	solicitaremos	solicitaréis	solicitarán
	conditional	solicitaría	solicitarías	solicitaría	solicitaríamos	solicitaríais	solicitarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	solicite	solicitestú solicitésvos2	solicite	solicitemos	solicitéis	soliciten
	imperfect (ra)	solicitara	solicitaras	solicitara	solicitáramos	solicitarais	solicitaran
	imperfect (se)	solicitase	solicitases	solicitase	solicitásemos	solicitaseis	solicitasen
	future1	solicitare	solicitares	solicitare	solicitáremos	solicitareis	solicitaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		solicitatú solicitávos	solicite	solicitemos	solicitad	soliciten
	negative		no solicites	no solicite	no solicitemos	no solicitéis	no soliciten

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of solicitar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive solicitar	dative	solicitarme	solicitarte	solicitarle, solicitarse	solicitarnos	solicitaros	solicitarles, solicitarse
	accusative	solicitarme	solicitarte	solicitarlo, solicitarla, solicitarse	solicitarnos	solicitaros	solicitarlos, solicitarlas, solicitarse
with gerund solicitando	dative	solicitándome	solicitándote	solicitándole, solicitándose	solicitándonos	solicitándoos	solicitándoles, solicitándose
	accusative	solicitándome	solicitándote	solicitándolo, solicitándola, solicitándose	solicitándonos	solicitándoos	solicitándolos, solicitándolas, solicitándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative solicita	dative	solicítame	solicítate	solicítale	solicítanos	not used	solicítales
	accusative	solicítame	solicítate	solicítalo, solicítala	solicítanos	not used	solicítalos, solicítalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative solicitá	dative	solicitame	solicitate	solicitale	solicitanos	not used	solicitales
	accusative	solicitame	solicitate	solicitalo, solicitala	solicitanos	not used	solicitalos, solicitalas
with formal second-person singular imperative solicite	dative	solicíteme	not used	solicítele, solicítese	solicítenos	not used	solicíteles
	accusative	solicíteme	not used	solicítelo, solicítela, solicítese	solicítenos	not used	solicítelos, solicítelas
with first-person plural imperative solicitemos	dative	not used	solicitémoste	solicitémosle	solicitémonos	solicitémoos	solicitémosles
	accusative	not used	solicitémoste	solicitémoslo, solicitémosla	solicitémonos	solicitémoos	solicitémoslos, solicitémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative solicitad	dative	solicitadme	not used	solicitadle	solicitadnos	solicitaos	solicitadles
	accusative	solicitadme	not used	solicitadlo, solicitadla	solicitadnos	solicitaos	solicitadlos, solicitadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative soliciten	dative	solicítenme	not used	solicítenle	solicítennos	not used	solicítenles, solicítense
	accusative	solicítenme	not used	solicítenlo, solicítenla	solicítennos	not used	solicítenlos, solicítenlas, solicítense

Derived terms

• solicitante

Related terms

• solicitud

Further reading

• “solicitar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026