inquirir
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin inquīrere.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.kiˈɾi(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kiˈɾi(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ĩ.kiˈɾi(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ĩ.kiˈɾi(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kiˈɾi(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.kiˈɾi(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.kiˈɾiɾ/
- Hyphenation: in‧qui‧rir
Verb
inquirir (first-person singular present inquiro, first-person singular preterite inquiri, past participle inquirido)
- (transitive, intransitive) to inquire / enquire, query
- inflection of inquirir:
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive
- first/third-person singular personal infinitive
Conjugation
Conjugation of inquirir (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | inquirir | |||||
Personal | inquirir | inquirires | inquirir | inquirirmos | inquirirdes | inquirirem |
Gerund | ||||||
inquirindo | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | inquirido | inquiridos | ||||
Feminine | inquirida | inquiridas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | inquiro | inquires | inquire | inquirimos | inquiris | inquirem |
Imperfect | inquiria | inquirias | inquiria | inquiríamos | inquiríeis | inquiriam |
Preterite | inquiri | inquiriste | inquiriu | inquirimos | inquiristes | inquiriram |
Pluperfect | inquirira | inquiriras | inquirira | inquiríramos | inquiríreis | inquiriram |
Future | inquirirei | inquirirás | inquirirá | inquiriremos | inquirireis | inquirirão |
Conditional | ||||||
inquiriria | inquiririas | inquiriria | inquiriríamos | inquiriríeis | inquiririam | |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | inquira | inquiras | inquira | inquiramos | inquirais | inquiram |
Imperfect | inquirisse | inquirisses | inquirisse | inquiríssemos | inquirísseis | inquirissem |
Future | inquirir | inquirires | inquirir | inquirirmos | inquirirdes | inquirirem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | inquire | inquira | inquiramos | inquiri | inquiram | |
Negative (não) | não inquiras | não inquira | não inquiramos | não inquirais | não inquiram |
Further reading
- “inquirir” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “inquirir” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “inquirir” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “inquirir” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- “inquirir” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “inquirir” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inquīrere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inkiˈɾiɾ/ [ĩŋ.kiˈɾiɾ]
- Rhymes: -iɾ
- Syllabification: in‧qui‧rir
Verb
inquirir (first-person singular present inquiero, first-person singular preterite inquirí, past participle inquirido)
- to inquire
- (transitive) to investigate
- Synonyms: investigar, indagar
Conjugation
Conjugation of inquirir (i-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | inquirir | ||||||
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gerund | inquiriendo | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | inquirido | inquirida | |||||
plural | inquiridos | inquiridas | |||||
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 | inquiero | inquierestú inquirísvos | inquiere | inquirimos | inquirís | inquieren | |
imperfect | inquiría | inquirías | inquiría | inquiríamos | inquiríais | inquirían | |
preterite | inquirí | inquiriste | inquirió | inquirimos | inquiristeis | inquirieron | |
future | inquiriré | inquirirás | inquirirá | inquiriremos | inquiriréis | inquirirán | |
conditional | inquiriría | inquirirías | inquiriría | inquiriríamos | inquiriríais | inquirirían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | inquiera | inquierastú inquirásvos2 | inquiera | inquiramos | inquiráis | inquieran | |
imperfect (ra) | inquiriera | inquirieras | inquiriera | inquiriéramos | inquirierais | inquirieran | |
imperfect (se) | inquiriese | inquirieses | inquiriese | inquiriésemos | inquirieseis | inquiriesen | |
future1 | inquiriere | inquirieres | inquiriere | inquiriéremos | inquiriereis | inquirieren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | inquieretú inquirívos | inquiera | inquiramos | inquirid | inquieran | ||
negative | no inquieras | no inquiera | no inquiramos | no inquiráis | no inquieran |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of inquirir (i-ie alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive inquirir | |||||||
dative | inquirirme | inquirirte | inquirirle, inquirirse | inquirirnos | inquiriros | inquirirles, inquirirse | |
accusative | inquirirme | inquirirte | inquirirlo, inquirirla, inquirirse | inquirirnos | inquiriros | inquirirlos, inquirirlas, inquirirse | |
with gerund inquiriendo | |||||||
dative | inquiriéndome | inquiriéndote | inquiriéndole, inquiriéndose | inquiriéndonos | inquiriéndoos | inquiriéndoles, inquiriéndose | |
accusative | inquiriéndome | inquiriéndote | inquiriéndolo, inquiriéndola, inquiriéndose | inquiriéndonos | inquiriéndoos | inquiriéndolos, inquiriéndolas, inquiriéndose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative inquiere | |||||||
dative | inquiéreme | inquiérete | inquiérele | inquiérenos | not used | inquiéreles | |
accusative | inquiéreme | inquiérete | inquiérelo, inquiérela | inquiérenos | not used | inquiérelos, inquiérelas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative inquirí | |||||||
dative | inquirime | inquirite | inquirile | inquirinos | not used | inquiriles | |
accusative | inquirime | inquirite | inquirilo, inquirila | inquirinos | not used | inquirilos, inquirilas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative inquiera | |||||||
dative | inquiérame | not used | inquiérale, inquiérase | inquiéranos | not used | inquiérales | |
accusative | inquiérame | not used | inquiéralo, inquiérala, inquiérase | inquiéranos | not used | inquiéralos, inquiéralas | |
with first-person plural imperative inquiramos | |||||||
dative | not used | inquirámoste | inquirámosle | inquirámonos | inquirámoos | inquirámosles | |
accusative | not used | inquirámoste | inquirámoslo, inquirámosla | inquirámonos | inquirámoos | inquirámoslos, inquirámoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative inquirid | |||||||
dative | inquiridme | not used | inquiridle | inquiridnos | inquiríos | inquiridles | |
accusative | inquiridme | not used | inquiridlo, inquiridla | inquiridnos | inquiríos | inquiridlos, inquiridlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative inquieran | |||||||
dative | inquiéranme | not used | inquiéranle | inquiérannos | not used | inquiéranles, inquiéranse | |
accusative | inquiéranme | not used | inquiéranlo, inquiéranla | inquiérannos | not used | inquiéranlos, inquiéranlas, inquiéranse |
Related terms
- inquisición
Further reading
- “inquirir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014