perguntar

Meaning

1. (transitive) to ask (request an answer)
2. (pronominal) to wonder (query in the mind)
3. (reflexive) to ask oneself (to ponder about something)

Hyphenated as

per‧gun‧tar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/peʁ.ɡũˈta(ʁ)/

Etymology

Metathesis of preguntar, inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese preguntar, from Vulgar Latin *praecūnctāre, alteration of Latin percontārī.

Sentences

O que você pode fazer é não perguntar a ninguém .

What you can do is not ask anyone.

O irmão mais novo tem algo a perguntar .

Younger brother has something to ask.