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averiguar.

to find out, figure out, work out, determine

9 characters4 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/abeɾiˈɡwaɾ/[a.β̞e.ɾiˈɣ̞waɾ]
  1. to find out, figure out, work out, determine

    transitive
    No me digas la respuesta. Déjame averiguarla.
  2. to dig up, to investigate

    transitive
    Voy a averiguar quién hizo la travesura.
  3. to argue

    El-Salvador · Mexico · colloquial
Where this word comes from

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.

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