investigar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin investīgō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [im.bəs.tiˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [iɱ.vəs.tiˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [iɱ.ves.tiˈɣaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

investigar (first-person singular present investigo, first-person singular preterite investiguí, past participle investigat)

1. to investigate

Related terms

• investigació
• investigador

Further reading

• “investigar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “investigar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “investigar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “investigar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin investīgō.

Verb

1. to investigate

Related terms

• investigación
• investigador

Further reading

• “investigar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

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Ladino

Etymology

From Latin investīgō.

Verb

investigar (Latin spelling)

1. to investigate

Related terms

• investigador
• investigasion

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin investīgō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ĩvest͡ʃiˈɡa(ʁ)/
• IPA^(key): /ĩvɨʃtiˈɣaɾ/

Verb

1. to research
2. to investigate

Related terms

• investigação
• investigador

Further reading

• “investigar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin investīgō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /imbestiˈɡaɾ/ [ĩm.bes.t̪iˈɣ̞aɾ]

Verb

investigar (first-person singular present investigo, first-person singular preterite investigué, past participle investigado)

1. to research
2. to investigate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of investigar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			investigar
gerund			investigando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		investigado		investigada
		plural		investigados		investigadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	investigo	investigastú investigásvos	investiga	investigamos	investigáis	investigan
	imperfect	investigaba	investigabas	investigaba	investigábamos	investigabais	investigaban
	preterite	investigué	investigaste	investigó	investigamos	investigasteis	investigaron
	future	investigaré	investigarás	investigará	investigaremos	investigaréis	investigarán
	conditional	investigaría	investigarías	investigaría	investigaríamos	investigaríais	investigarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	investigue	investiguestú investiguésvos2	investigue	investiguemos	investiguéis	investiguen
	imperfect (ra)	investigara	investigaras	investigara	investigáramos	investigarais	investigaran
	imperfect (se)	investigase	investigases	investigase	investigásemos	investigaseis	investigasen
	future1	investigare	investigares	investigare	investigáremos	investigareis	investigaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		investigatú investigávos	investigue	investiguemos	investigad	investiguen
	negative		no investigues	no investigue	no investiguemos	no investiguéis	no investiguen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of investigar (g-gu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive investigar
	dative	investigarme	investigarte	investigarle, investigarse	investigarnos	investigaros	investigarles, investigarse
	accusative	investigarme	investigarte	investigarlo, investigarla, investigarse	investigarnos	investigaros	investigarlos, investigarlas, investigarse
with gerund investigando
	dative	investigándome	investigándote	investigándole, investigándose	investigándonos	investigándoos	investigándoles, investigándose
	accusative	investigándome	investigándote	investigándolo, investigándola, investigándose	investigándonos	investigándoos	investigándolos, investigándolas, investigándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative investiga
	dative	investígame	investígate	investígale	investíganos	not used	investígales
	accusative	investígame	investígate	investígalo, investígala	investíganos	not used	investígalos, investígalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative investigá
	dative	investigame	investigate	investigale	investiganos	not used	investigales
	accusative	investigame	investigate	investigalo, investigala	investiganos	not used	investigalos, investigalas
with formal second-person singular imperative investigue
	dative	investígueme	not used	investíguele, investíguese	investíguenos	not used	investígueles
	accusative	investígueme	not used	investíguelo, investíguela, investíguese	investíguenos	not used	investíguelos, investíguelas
with first-person plural imperative investiguemos
	dative	not used	investiguémoste	investiguémosle	investiguémonos	investiguémoos	investiguémosles
	accusative	not used	investiguémoste	investiguémoslo, investiguémosla	investiguémonos	investiguémoos	investiguémoslos, investiguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative investigad
	dative	investigadme	not used	investigadle	investigadnos	investigaos	investigadles
	accusative	investigadme	not used	investigadlo, investigadla	investigadnos	investigaos	investigadlos, investigadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative investiguen
	dative	investíguenme	not used	investíguenle	investíguennos	not used	investíguenles, investíguense
	accusative	investíguenme	not used	investíguenlo, investíguenla	investíguennos	not used	investíguenlos, investíguenlas, investíguense

Related terms

• investigación
• investigador

 

Further reading

• “investigar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014