pedir la luna

Spanish

Verb

pedir la luna (first-person singular present pido la luna, first-person singular preterite pedí la luna, past participle pedido la luna)

1. (idiomatic) to ask for the moon

   Synonym: pedir peras al olmo

Further reading

• “pedir la luna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28