Quiero pedir días libres.

I want to ask for days off.

Breakdown of Quiero pedir días libres.

• querer: to want
• pedir días libres: to ask for days off

Questions & Answers about Quiero pedir días libres.

Why is it quiero and not yo quiero?

In Spanish, the subject pronoun is often omitted because the verb ending already shows who is doing the action.

• quiero = I want
• The -o ending tells you it is I

So Quiero pedir días libres is completely natural.
You could say Yo quiero pedir días libres if you want extra emphasis, for example:

• Yo quiero pedir días libres, no cambiar de puesto.
  = I want to ask for time off, not change jobs.

Most of the time, just quiero is enough.

Why is pedir in the infinitive form?

Because after a conjugated verb like quiero, Spanish often uses an infinitive to express the second action.

Structure:

• quiero
  • infinitive
• I want
  • to do something

So:

• Quiero pedir = I want to ask for / request

This is the same pattern as:

• Quiero comer = I want to eat
• Quiero salir = I want to go out
• Quiero descansar = I want to rest

You only conjugate the first verb here.