perquirir
Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin perquīrere.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /pəɾ.kiˈɾi/
- (Central) IPA(key): /pər.kiˈɾi/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /peɾ.kiˈɾiɾ/
Verb
perquirir (first-person singular present perquireixo, past participle perquirit)
- (transitive) to search
- Synonym: escorcollar
- (transitive, law) to investigate
Conjugation
Conjugation of perquirir (third conjugation with -eix- infix)
infinitive | perquirir | ||||||
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present participle | perquirint | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | perquirit | perquirida | |||||
plural | perquirits | perquirides | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | perquireixo | perquireixes | perquireix | perquirim | perquiriu | perquireixen | |
imperfect | perquiria | perquiries | perquiria | perquiríem | perquiríeu | perquirien | |
future | perquiriré | perquiriràs | perquirirà | perquirirem | perquirireu | perquiriran | |
preterite | perquirí | perquirires | perquirí | perquirírem | perquiríreu | perquiriren | |
conditional | perquiriria | perquiriries | perquiriria | perquiriríem | perquiriríeu | perquiririen | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | perquireixi | perquireixis | perquireixi | perquirim | perquiriu | perquireixin | |
imperfect | perquirís | perquirissis | perquirís | perquiríssim | perquiríssiu | perquirissin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
— | perquireix | perquireixi | perquirim | perquiriu | perquireixin |
Derived terms
- perquisidor
Related terms
- perquisició
Further reading
- “perquirir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin perquīrere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peɾkiˈɾiɾ/ [peɾ.kiˈɾiɾ]
- Rhymes: -iɾ
- Syllabification: per‧qui‧rir
Verb
perquirir (first-person singular present perquiero, first-person singular preterite perquirí, past participle perquirido)
- (transitive, obsolete) to seek out
- (transitive, obsolete) to investigate
Conjugation
Conjugation of perquirir (i-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | perquirir | ||||||
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gerund | perquiriendo | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | perquirido | perquirida | |||||
plural | perquiridos | perquiridas | |||||
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 | perquiero | perquierestú perquirísvos | perquiere | perquirimos | perquirís | perquieren | |
imperfect | perquiría | perquirías | perquiría | perquiríamos | perquiríais | perquirían | |
preterite | perquirí | perquiriste | perquirió | perquirimos | perquiristeis | perquirieron | |
future | perquiriré | perquirirás | perquirirá | perquiriremos | perquiriréis | perquirirán | |
conditional | perquiriría | perquirirías | perquiriría | perquiriríamos | perquiriríais | perquirirían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | perquiera | perquierastú perquirásvos2 | perquiera | perquiramos | perquiráis | perquieran | |
imperfect (ra) | perquiriera | perquirieras | perquiriera | perquiriéramos | perquirierais | perquirieran | |
imperfect (se) | perquiriese | perquirieses | perquiriese | perquiriésemos | perquirieseis | perquiriesen | |
future1 | perquiriere | perquirieres | perquiriere | perquiriéremos | perquiriereis | perquirieren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | perquieretú perquirívos | perquiera | perquiramos | perquirid | perquieran | ||
negative | no perquieras | no perquiera | no perquiramos | no perquiráis | no perquieran |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Further reading
- “perquirir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014