envíame una solicitud de amistad
/embiame una soliθitud de amistad/from spelling rules
The English phrase "send me a friend request" is translated into Spanish as envíame una solicitud de amistad.
This phrase is used to ask someone to invite you to connect with them on a social media platform. While solicitud de amistad is the grammatically correct term for "friend request", many Spanish speakers in digital contexts simply use the English term "friend request" or the verb agregar (to add). A very common and shorter way to express this is to say agrégame, which means "add me".
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase envíame una solicitud de amistad literally means "send me a request of friendship". It is composed of envíame (send me), una solicitud (a request) and de amistad (of friendship).
How does it change in a sentence?
The word envíame is the imperative command form of the verb enviar combined with the indirect object pronoun me. If you want to be more formal or polite, you should use the usted form: envíeme una solicitud de amistad. You may also use the question ¿Me agregas como amigo/a? to ask "Will you add me as a friend?"
Did you know?
- In casual digital slang, some Spanish speakers use the English word 'friend' as a verb, such as saying friéndame, though this is highly informal and regional.
- The word solicitud is a direct loan from the Latin sollicitūdō, which originally referred to a state of anxiety or restlessness.
- While amistad refers to friendship, the root amīc- is also the ancestor of the English word 'amicable'.
Examples in context
- ¿Podrías enviarme una solicitud de amistad en LinkedIn?Could you send me a friend request on LinkedIn?
- Por favor, mándenme una solicitud de amistad en Facebook.Please, send me a friend request on Facebook.
- Si quieres hablar más, envíame una solicitud de amistad.If you want to talk more, send me a friend request.
- No me encontraste, así que envíame una solicitud de amistad.You didn't find me, so send me a friend request.
- Búscame en Facebook y envíame una solicitud de amistad.Look for me on Facebook and send me a friend request.
Example conversation
Alejandro and Lucía are talking about connecting online.
- AlejandroBusca mi perfil y envíame una solicitud de amistad.Look for my profile and send me a friend request.
- LucíaEstá bien, lo haré en un momento.All right, I will do it in a moment.
- AlejandroGracias, Lucía. Ya te aceptaré.Thanks, Lucía. I will accept you now.
- LucíaListo, ya te la envié.Done, I already sent it to you.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries amistad, de, solicitud, una, CC BY-SA 4.0.
