he was too shy to ask

ask your mother — pregúntale a tu madre

to ask a question — hacer* una pregunta

to ask somebody something — preguntarle algo a alguien

I asked him his name — le pregunté cómo se llamaba

I often ask myself... — muchas veces me pregunto...

to ask somebody about something/somebody/-ing: have you asked him about his trip/his mother? ¿le has preguntado por el viaje/por su madre?; ask her about doing overtime — pregúntale si sería posible hacer horas extras

nobody asked your opinion — nadie te ha pedido tu opinión

what more can you ask? — ¿qué más se puede pedir?

is that asking too much? — ¿es mucho pedir?

to ask somebody for something — pedirle* algo a alguien

I'm going to ask him for it back — le voy a pedir que me lo devuelva

to ask something of somebody: she asks too much of her students les exige demasiado a sus alumnos; to ask somebody to + inf pedirle* a alguien que (+ subj); they asked me to help out me pidieron que les diera una mano; I must ask you to leave haga el favor de irse; I asked her to dance la saqué a bailar; to ask to + inf: I asked to see the manager pedí hablar con el director; he's asking to be slapped — se está buscando una bofetada

to ask somebody (to something) — invitar a alguien (a algo)

we'll ask them to dinner — los invitaremos a cenar

ask them in — diles que pasen

haven't you asked her out yet? — ¿todavía no la has invitado a salir?

to ask something FOR something — pedir* algo por algo

how much is he asking for the car? — ¿cuánto pide por el coche?

you may well ask! — buena pregunta!

to ask about something/somebody: he asked about your health/you — preguntó por tu salud/por ti

it's yours for the asking — está a tu disposición

there's no harm in asking — con preguntar no se pierde nada

"how is Frank?" he asked — -¿cómo está Frank? -preguntó

to ask sb sth — preguntar algo a algn

I asked him his name/the time — le pregunté su nombre/la hora

to ask o.s. sth — preguntarse algo

ask her about her plans for Christmas — pregúntale qué planes tiene para la Navidad

if you ask me, I think she's crazy — para mí que está loca

ask them what time the party is — pregúntales a qué hora es la fiesta

they are asking £200,000 for the house — piden 200.000 libras por la casa

that's asking a lot — eso es mucho pedir

all he asked of us was that we tell people about his plight — solo nos pidió que habláramos a la gente de la difícil situación en que se encontraba

he asked to go on the picnic — preguntó si podía ir (con ellos) de picnic

to ask sb to do sth — pedir a algn que haga algo

I think she's asking too much — creo que está exigiendo demasiado

have you been asked? — ¿te han invitado?

he was too shy to ask — le dio vergüenza preguntar

he was asking about you — estaba preguntando por ti

if you need anything, just ask — si quieres algo no tienes más que pedirlo

I offered £5,000 below the asking price — les ofrecí 5.000 libras menos de lo que pedían

ask your mother — pregúntale a tu madre

to ask a question — hacer* una pregunta

to ask somebody something — preguntarle algo a alguien

I asked him his name — le pregunté cómo se llamaba

I often ask myself... — muchas veces me pregunto...

to ask somebody about something/somebody/-ing: have you asked him about his trip/his mother? ¿le has preguntado por el viaje/por su madre?; ask her about doing overtime — pregúntale si sería posible hacer horas extras

nobody asked your opinion — nadie te ha pedido tu opinión

what more can you ask? — ¿qué más se puede pedir?

is that asking too much? — ¿es mucho pedir?

to ask somebody for something — pedirle* algo a alguien

I'm going to ask him for it back — le voy a pedir que me lo devuelva

to ask something of somebody: she asks too much of her students les exige demasiado a sus alumnos; to ask somebody to + inf pedirle* a alguien que (+ subj); they asked me to help out me pidieron que les diera una mano; I must ask you to leave haga el favor de irse; I asked her to dance la saqué a bailar; to ask to + inf: I asked to see the manager pedí hablar con el director; he's asking to be slapped — se está buscando una bofetada

to ask somebody (to something) — invitar a alguien (a algo)

we'll ask them to dinner — los invitaremos a cenar

ask them in — diles que pasen

haven't you asked her out yet? — ¿todavía no la has invitado a salir?

to ask something FOR something — pedir* algo por algo

how much is he asking for the car? — ¿cuánto pide por el coche?

you may well ask! — buena pregunta!

to ask about something/somebody: he asked about your health/you — preguntó por tu salud/por ti

it's yours for the asking — está a tu disposición

there's no harm in asking — con preguntar no se pierde nada