pedida de mano

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “ask/request for the hand”.

Noun

pedida de mano f (plural pedidas de mano)

1. proposal, to ask for someone's hand in marriage (the act of asking someone to be one's spouse; an offer of marriage)

Coordinate terms

• pedir la mano

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], 2024 December 10