# averiguar
## Asturian
### Alternative forms

* aviriguar (Pravia)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /abeɾiˈɡwaɾ/ [a.β̞e.ɾiˈɣ̞waɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: a‧ve‧ri‧guar

### Verb

averiguar (first-person singular indicative present averiguo, past participle averiguáu)
* to figure out
    Synonyms: pescanciar, pescudar
* (reflexive) to agree on something
    Synonyms: casar, avenir, combalachar

#### Conjugation
### References

* “averiguar” in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana. Xosé Lluis García Arias. →ISBN.

## Old Spanish
### Etymology

From Late Latin vērificō, vērificāre (“present as if true; verify, prove true”), a semi-learned term. More in the entry of the modern descendant.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aβeɾiˈɡwaɾ/

### Verb

averiguar
* present something as true, make something seem true
** 1251, anonymous, Calila e Dimna 12:Ca el omne faldrido, et sabio, et manso, si quisiere desfazer la verdat et averiguar la mentira, a las vezes fazerlo ía así commo el buen pintor que pinta las imágenes en la pared que semejan a omne que sale della.Because a clever man, who is wise and of calm temper, if he intends to undo truth and present a lie as if true, he will do it then like a good painter painting such good images on a wall that it seems a man is coming out of it.
* verify something, determine whether it is true

#### Descendants

* Spanish: averiguar

### References

* ↑ Corpus diacrónico del español (CORDE), accessed 2020-02-21, which cites an edition by Cacho Blecua, Juan Manuel; Lacarra, María Jesús; published by Castalia: Madrid, 1993.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Ultimately from Latin vērificāre. Doublet of verificar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.ve.ɾiˈɡwa(ʁ)/ [a.ve.ɾiˈɡwa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.ve.ɾiˈɡwa(ʁ)/ [a.ve.ɾiˈɡwa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.ve.ɾiˈɡwa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.ve.ɾiˈɡwa(ʁ)/ [a.ve.ɾiˈɡwa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.ve.ɾiˈɡwa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.vɨ.ɾiˈɡwaɾ/ [ɐ.vɨ.ɾiˈɣwaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.vɨ.ɾiˈɡwaɾ/ [ɐ.vɨ.ɾiˈɣwaɾ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.bɨ.ɾiˈɡwaɾ/ [ɐ.βɨ.ɾiˈɣwaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.vɨ.ɾiˈɡwa.ɾi/ [ɐ.vɨ.ɾiˈɣwa.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: a‧ve‧ri‧guar

### Verb

averiguar (first-person singular present (Brazilian Portuguese) averíguo or (European Portuguese) averiguo, first-person singular preterite averiguei, past participle averiguado)
* (transitive) to investigate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese. $^3$Superseded.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish averiguar, from Late Latin vērificāre as a semi-learned term, with the prefix a- from Latin ad-. According to Coromines and Pascual, citing Rufino José Cuervo, it is first attested in a Fuero Juzgo from 1240.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /abeɾiˈɡwaɾ/ [a.β̞e.ɾiˈɣ̞waɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧ve‧ri‧guar

### Verb

averiguar (first-person singular present averiguo, first-person singular preterite averigüé, past participle averiguado)
* (transitive) to find out, figure out, work out, determine
    Synonym: encontrar
    No me digas la respuesta. Déjame averiguarla.Don't tell me the answer. Let me figure it out.
* (transitive) to dig up, to investigate
    Synonym: investigar
    Voy a averiguar quién hizo la travesura.I'm going to dig up who was the one that did the mischief.

#### 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.

#### Derived terms

* averiguable
* averiguación

#### Related terms

* verificar

### Further reading

* Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983) “vero”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume V (Ri–X), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 790
* “averiguar”, 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