inquirir
Portuguese, verb/ĩ.kiˈɾi(ʁ)/
inquirir is spelled I-N-Q-U-I-R-I-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 88,020th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inquirir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to inquire / enquire, query” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “procurar informações sobre”.
What does inquirir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to inquire / enquire, query
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. procurar informações sobre 2. indagar 3. apurar, averiguar, investigar, sindicar
verb: 1. primeira pessoa do singular do futuro do subjuntivo do verbo inquirir 2. terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do subjuntivo do verbo inquirir 3. infinitivo pessoal da primeira pessoa do singular do verbo inquirir 4. infinitivo pessoal da terceira pessoa do singular do verbo inquirir
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of inquirir
- inquiro first-person present singular
- inquiri first-person preterite singular
- inquirido participle past
- inquirires infinitive second-person singular
- inquirirmos first-person infinitive plural
- inquirirdes infinitive plural second-person
- inquirirem infinitive plural third-person
- inquirindo gerund
- inquiridos masculine participle past
- inquirida feminine participle past
- inquiridas feminine participle past
- inquires indicative present second-person
- inquire indicative present singular
- inquirimos first-person indicative plural
- inquiris indicative plural present
- inquirem indicative plural present
- inquiria first-person imperfect indicative
- inquirias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inquirir?
- Brazil /ĩ.kiˈɾi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ĩ.kiˈɾi(h)]
- /ĩ.kiˈɾi(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
inquirir appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).