call for

• Verbo frasal usado para indicar una demanda, necesidad o solicitud pública de algo, así como para señalar que algo es necesario o apropiado en determinadas circunstancias.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of demanding, requiring, or publicly requesting something, or to suggest that something is necessary or appropriate.

incontable · intransitivo · phrasal, inseparable

1. formal

   To demand or require something, often in a formal or urgent way.

   exigir

   • The situation calls for immediate action.
   • The job calls for a high level of expertise.
   • The crisis called for a strong response from the government.

   Sinónimosask fordemandentailinvolvenecessitaterequestrequireurge

2. Collect or pick upinformalbritish

   To go to a place to collect someone or something.

   pasar a recoger

   • I'll call for you at 8 o'clock.
   • The courier will call for the package tomorrow.
   • She called for her dry cleaning on the way home.

   Sinónimoscollectfetchgetpick up

3. Shout forinformal

   To shout or speak loudly to get someone's attention or request their presence.

   Llamar a gritos

   • He called for help when he fell.
   • She called for her children to come inside.
   • The man called for a waiter to bring the bill.

   Sinónimoscry out for

Verbo basecall