inquirir
Spanish, verb/inkiˈɾiɾ/
inquirir is spelled I-N-Q-U-I-R-I-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish, the 141,166th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inquirir is a Spanish verb meaning “to inquire, to search (old Spanish)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Proponer preguntas sobre algo e investigarlo con cuidado y rigor, cuestionando su ser o su lógica”.
What does inquirir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to inquire, to search (old Spanish)
- 2
to investigate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Proponer preguntas sobre algo e investigarlo con cuidado y rigor, cuestionando su ser o su lógica.
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 inquirir
- inquiero first-person present singular
- inquirí first-person preterite singular
- inquirido participle past
- i-ie alternation
- inquiriendo gerund
- inquirida feminine participle past
- inquiridos masculine participle past
- inquiridas feminine participle past
- inquieres indicative informal present
- inquirís indicative informal present
- inquiere indicative present singular
- inquirimos first-person indicative plural
- inquieren indicative plural present
- inquiría first-person imperfect indicative
- inquirías imperfect indicative second-person
- inquiríamos first-person imperfect indicative
- inquiríais imperfect indicative plural
- inquirían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inquirir?
- /inkiˈɾiɾ/
- [ĩŋ.kiˈɾiɾ]
- [ĩŋkiˈɾiɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to inquirir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inquirir in Spanish?
inquirir appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).