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averiguar

averiguar

Portuguese

Verb

averiguar (first-person singular present indicative averiguo, past participle averiguado)

  1. (transitive) to investigate

Conjugation


Spanish

Etymology

From Latin verificāre, present active infinitive of verificō, possibly through a root *adverificare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aβe̞ɾiˈɣwaɾ]

Verb

averiguar (first-person singular present averiguo, first-person singular preterite averigüé, past participle averiguado)

  1. (transitive) to discover, find out
  2. (transitive) to investigate
  3. (transitive) to verify

Conjugation

  • Rule: unstressed u; gu becomes before e.

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