preguntar.
to ask
Meaning & usage
to ask
Me preguntó por su hija.
Le preguntamos a la profesora cómo proceder.
to wonder, to ask oneself, to ponder
Me pregunté si todo había sido un sueño.
Todavía me pregunto cómo pudo pasar eso.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der. Ancient Greek κοντός (kontós)bor. Latin contus ? Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- Proto-Indo-European *ḱenk-der. Proto-Italic *konkitos Latindenom.? Latin cū̆nctor ? Latin percontor Proto-Indo-European *-ḗy Proto-Italic *-ēi(s) Latin -ēs Latin -īder. Latin -ārī Latin percontārī Vulgar Latin *praecūnctāre Old Spanish preguntar Spanish preguntar Inherited from Old Spanish preguntar, from Vulgar Latin *praecūnctāre, alteration of Latin percontārī.
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