requerer

Requerer is a Portuguese verb with the core meanings of to request, to apply for, to demand, or to require. It is used in formal, administrative, and legal language, as well as in contracts and official proceedings. Related nouns include requerente (the applicant or petitioner) and requerimento (the petition or formal request).

Etymology: The word derives from Late Latin requerere, itself from Latin quaerere “to seek,” with the sense of seeking again or making a demand. Over time, it acquired specialized uses in law and administration in Portuguese-speaking contexts.

Usage and nuance: In everyday speech, pedir is more common for informal requests, while exigir conveys a stronger demand. Requerer tends to mark formality and procedurality. In legal contexts that use Portuguese, parties file a requerimento or petition with a court; the party that files is the requerente, and the court issues a ruling on the request. The verb is conjugated like other -er verbs; for full conjugation, consult a dictionary.

Regional notes: In Brazilian and European Portuguese, requerer carries the same primary meanings, but frequency and contexts can vary. It is especially common in bureaucratic, legal, and administrative language, rather than in casual conversation.

See also: pedir, exigir, requerimento, requerente. In English translations, requerer can correspond to “to request,” “to apply for,” or “to require,” depending on context.