pedida de mano
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Literally, “ask/request for the hand”.
Noun edit
pedida de mano f (plural pedidas de mano)
- 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 edit
Further reading edit
- “pedir la mano de una mujer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014