1. A polite or implicit request made without directly stating what is wanted, often phrased as a question, suggestion, or hint
Instead of saying 'Close the door,' she made an indirect request by asking 'Would you mind closing the door?'
Em vez de dizer 'Feche a porta', ela fez um pedido indireto perguntando 'Você se importaria em fechar a porta?'
2. In linguistics and pragmatics, a speech act where the intended meaning differs from the literal meaning of the utterance
The statement 'Can you pass the salt?' is an indirect request for the salt to be passed
A afirmação 'Você pode passar o sal?' é um pedido indireto para que o sal seja passado