indagar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin indāgāre, present active infinitive of indāgō (“to follow a trail, to search for”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [in.dəˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [in.daˈɣaɾ]

Verb

indagar (first-person singular present indago, first-person singular preterite indaguí, past participle indagat)

1. (transitive) to investigate

   Synonym: investigar

Related terms

• indagació

Further reading

• “indagar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin indāgāre.

Verb

1. to inquire, investigate
2. to question

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin indāgāre, present active infinitive of indāgō (“to follow a trail, to search for”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /indaˈɡaɾ/ [ĩn̪.d̪aˈɣ̞aɾ]

Verb

indagar (first-person singular present indago, first-person singular preterite indagué, past participle indagado)

1. (transitive) to investigate

   Synonym: investigar

Conjugation

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

infinitive			indagar
gerund			indagando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		indagado		indagada
		plural		indagados		indagadas
		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	indago	indagastú indagásvos	indaga	indagamos	indagáis	indagan
	imperfect	indagaba	indagabas	indagaba	indagábamos	indagabais	indagaban
	preterite	indagué	indagaste	indagó	indagamos	indagasteis	indagaron
	future	indagaré	indagarás	indagará	indagaremos	indagaréis	indagarán
	conditional	indagaría	indagarías	indagaría	indagaríamos	indagaríais	indagarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	indague	indaguestú indaguésvos2	indague	indaguemos	indaguéis	indaguen
	imperfect (ra)	indagara	indagaras	indagara	indagáramos	indagarais	indagaran
	imperfect (se)	indagase	indagases	indagase	indagásemos	indagaseis	indagasen
	future1	indagare	indagares	indagare	indagáremos	indagareis	indagaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		indagatú indagávos	indague	indaguemos	indagad	indaguen
	negative		no indagues	no indague	no indaguemos	no indaguéis	no indaguen

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

    Selected combined forms of indagar (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 indagar
	dative	indagarme	indagarte	indagarle, indagarse	indagarnos	indagaros	indagarles, indagarse
	accusative	indagarme	indagarte	indagarlo, indagarla, indagarse	indagarnos	indagaros	indagarlos, indagarlas, indagarse
with gerund indagando
	dative	indagándome	indagándote	indagándole, indagándose	indagándonos	indagándoos	indagándoles, indagándose
	accusative	indagándome	indagándote	indagándolo, indagándola, indagándose	indagándonos	indagándoos	indagándolos, indagándolas, indagándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative indaga
	dative	indágame	indágate	indágale	indáganos	not used	indágales
	accusative	indágame	indágate	indágalo, indágala	indáganos	not used	indágalos, indágalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative indagá
	dative	indagame	indagate	indagale	indaganos	not used	indagales
	accusative	indagame	indagate	indagalo, indagala	indaganos	not used	indagalos, indagalas
with formal second-person singular imperative indague
	dative	indágueme	not used	indáguele, indáguese	indáguenos	not used	indágueles
	accusative	indágueme	not used	indáguelo, indáguela, indáguese	indáguenos	not used	indáguelos, indáguelas
with first-person plural imperative indaguemos
	dative	not used	indaguémoste	indaguémosle	indaguémonos	indaguémoos	indaguémosles
	accusative	not used	indaguémoste	indaguémoslo, indaguémosla	indaguémonos	indaguémoos	indaguémoslos, indaguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative indagad
	dative	indagadme	not used	indagadle	indagadnos	indagaos	indagadles
	accusative	indagadme	not used	indagadlo, indagadla	indagadnos	indagaos	indagadlos, indagadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative indaguen
	dative	indáguenme	not used	indáguenle	indáguennos	not used	indáguenles, indáguense
	accusative	indáguenme	not used	indáguenlo, indáguenla	indáguennos	not used	indáguenlos, indáguenlas, indáguense

Related terms

• indagación

Further reading

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