clamar

To cry out or clamor for something with urgency and emotion — clamar justicia (to cry out for justice), clamar por ayuda (to cry out for help). The fixed expression clamar al cielo, "to cry out to heaven," describes something so unjust or outrageous it seems to demand divine attention.

• Las víctimas clamaban justicia frente al tribunal. — The victims were crying out for justice in front of the courthouse.
• La multitud clamaba por un cambio de gobierno. — The crowd was clamoring for a change of government.
• Ese trato es tan injusto que clama al cielo. — That treatment is so unjust it cries out to heaven.

Clamar is more solemn and intense than the everyday pedir (to ask) — don't reach for it for an ordinary request, since it implies real urgency, indignation, or desperation.

Often confused with pedir.

• expression Clamar al cielo — Common fixed Spanish expression used to describe something so unjust or outrageous that it seems to demand attention/redress from heaven itself — a standard idiom documented across Spanish usage references.