indagar
Spanish, verb/indaˈɡaɾ/
indagar is spelled I-N-D-A-G-A-R (7 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 19,645th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Indagar is a Spanish verb meaning “to investigate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Intentar llegar al conocimiento de una cosa mediante la averiguación, la reflexión o por conjeturas”.
What does indagar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to investigate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Intentar llegar al conocimiento de una cosa mediante la averiguación, la reflexión o por conjeturas
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of indagar
- indago first-person present singular
- indagué first-person preterite singular
- indagado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- indagando gerund
- indagada feminine participle past
- indagados masculine participle past
- indagadas feminine participle past
- indagas indicative informal present
- indagás indicative informal present
- indaga indicative present singular
- indagamos first-person indicative plural
- indagáis indicative plural present
- indagan indicative plural present
- indagaba first-person imperfect indicative
- indagabas imperfect indicative second-person
- indagábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- indagabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce indagar?
- /indaˈɡaɾ/
- [ĩn̪.d̪aˈɣ̞aɾ]
- [ĩn̪d̪aˈɣ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to indagar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is indagar in Spanish?
indagar appears 2.5 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).