Meaning
- (transitive) to find out, figure out, work out, determine
- (transitive) to dig up, to investigate
Concepts
search for
inquire into
ask a question
get into a fight
meet up with
get to the bottom
catch up with
Synonyms
encontrar a alguien
ayuntar generalmente
Translations
Frequency
Hyphenated as
a‧ve‧ri‧guar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/abeɾiˈɡwaɾ/
Etymology
In summary
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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