Deme (en. Give me)

/ˈdeme/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish

verb

To ask for something to be delivered to oneself.

Please, give me a glass of water.

Por favor, deme un vaso de agua.

To request something politely.

The customer asked for me to give him the bill.

El cliente pidió que le deme la cuenta.

To require something in terms of attention or care.

If you don't give me more information, I won't be able to help.

Si no me deme más información, no podré ayudar.

From the Latin 'dāre', which means 'to give'.

give me a moment

Requesting a brief period of time.

deme un momento

give me the opportunity

I ask for a chance to demonstrate something.

deme la oportunidad

give me a hand

I am asking for help informally.

deme una mano

to give

Act of transferring something to someone.

dar

to deliver

Giving something to someone formally or precisely.

entregar

to ask

Act of requesting something.

pedir

Give me

Instead of 'give me', you can use 'give me', which is more informal.

En lugar de 'deme', se puede usar 'dame', que es más informal.

Lend me

Sometimes heard in a context of asking for something temporarily: 'Lend me that'.

A veces se escucha en un contexto de pedir algo temporalmente: 'Préstame eso'.