# investigar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin investīgāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [im.bəs.tiˈɣa]
* IPA: (Balearic) [iɱ.vəs.tiˈɣa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [iɱ.ves.tiˈɣaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
* Hyphenation: in‧ves‧ti‧gar

### Verb

investigar (first-person singular present investigo, first-person singular preterite investiguí, past participle investigat)
* 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, 2025
* “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.

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin investīgō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /imbestiˈɡaɾ/ [im.bes̺.t̪iˈɣ̞ɑɾ]
* IPA: (standard) /imbestiˈɡaɾ/ [im.bes̺.t̪iˈɣ̞ɑɾ]
* IPA: (gheada) /imbestiˈħaɾ/ [im.bes̺.t̪iˈħɑɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: in‧ves‧ti‧gar

### Verb

investigar (first-person singular present investigo, first-person singular preterite investiguei, past participle investigado)
* to investigate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* investigación
* investigador

### Further reading

* “investigar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “investigar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Ladino
### Etymology

From Latin investīgō.

### Verb

investigar (Latin spelling)
* to investigate

#### Related terms

* investigador
* investigasion

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin investīgāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.ves.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ves.t͡ʃiˈɡa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.ves.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ves.t͡ʃiˈɡa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ĩ.ves.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ĩ.veʃ.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.veʃ.t͡ʃiˈɡa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.ves.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.vɨʃ.tiˈɡaɾ/ [ĩ.vɨʃ.tiˈɣaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.vɨʃ.tiˈɡaɾ/ [ĩ.vɨʃ.tiˈɣaɾ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.bɨʃ.tiˈɡaɾ/ [ĩ.bɨʃ.tiˈɣaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.vɨʃ.tiˈɡa.ɾi/ [ĩ.vɨʃ.tiˈɣa.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: in‧ves‧ti‧gar

### Verb

investigar (first-person singular present investigo, first-person singular preterite investiguei, past participle investigado)
* to research
* to investigate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* investigação
* investigador

### Further reading

* “investigar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin investīgāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /imbestiˈɡaɾ/ [ĩm.bes.t̪iˈɣ̞aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: in‧ves‧ti‧gar

### Verb

investigar (first-person singular present investigo, first-person singular preterite investigué, past participle investigado)
* to investigate, to research
    Synonyms: indagar, pesquisar, averiguar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* investigación
* investigador

### Further reading

* “investigar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10