había pedido

had asked for

→ haber
phrase Rare #26,922
had asked for Past perfect of pedir. Depending on context, it can also mean 'had requested' or 'had been asked'.
SP: Yo ya había pedido comida cuando llegaste.
EN: I had already ordered food when you arrived.

Nadie me había pedido eso antes.

No one had ever asked me that before.

Nunca nadie había pedido hablar a toda la clase.

No one had ever asked to speak to the whole class.

— Academia Rushmore (1998)

Nadie había pedido jamás aquí un libro.

No one had ever asked for a book here.

— El hoyo (2019)

Esto no es lo que había pedido.

This is not what I ordered.

Me trajo un café, aunque había pedido un té.

He brought me a coffee, even though I had ordered a tea.

Yo había pedido asiento de fumador.

I had requested a smoking seat.

No le trajeron al niño los juguetes que había pedido.

They didn’t bring the child the toys he had asked for.

Vino temprano, como se le había pedido.

He came early, as he had been asked.

Me trajo un café a pesar de que yo había pedido un té.

He brought me a coffee even though I had ordered a tea.

Debiste haberlo dicho antes, hasta le había pedido que fuese mi maestro.

You should have said so sooner; I had even asked him to be my teacher.

— Ip Man (2008)