Meaning

  1. (transitive) to find out, figure out, work out, determine
  2. (transitive) to dig up, to investigate

Frequency

B1
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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