No. 13,133 in Spanish
preguntarle
"Preguntarle" means "to ask him/her."
In a sentence
Voy a preguntarle sobre su viaje.
I am going to ask him/her about their trip.
In this sentence, 'preguntarle' indicates the act of asking a question to a third person, 'le' being the indirect object pronoun referring to him/her.
¿Por qué no intentas preguntarle directamente lo que ocurrió?
Why don't you try asking him/her directly what happened?
Here, 'preguntarle' suggests posing a question to the person being referred to directly, again with 'le' as the indirect object pronoun.
Si lo ves hoy, podrías preguntarle por el horario.
If you see him/her today, you could ask him/her about the schedule.
In this instance, 'preguntarle' involves the context of inquiring from 'him/her' about a specific topic.
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