le pedí que viniera

I asked him/her to come

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I asked him/her to come Used when asking someone to do something; the Spanish form uses the subjunctive after pedir que.
SP: Le pedí que viniera temprano.
EN: I asked him/her to come early.

Así que le pedí que viniera también.

So I asked him to come, too.

— Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013)

Le pedí que viniera conmigo.

I asked him to come with me.

— Juno (2007)

Le pedí que viniera.

I asked him to come.

Le pedí que viniera conmigo, y él estuvo de acuerdo.

I asked him to come with me, and he agreed.

Yo le pedí que viniera.

I asked him to come.

Le pedí que viniera hoy.

I asked him to come today.

Estamos trabajando en un proyecto y le pedí que viniera aquí.

We’re working on a project, and I asked him to come here.

— A primera vista (2014)