investigar
Portuguese, verb/ĩ.ves.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ʁ)/
investigar is spelled I-N-V-E-S-T-I-G-A-R (10 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,549th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Investigar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to research” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “seguir os vestígios de”.
What does investigar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to research
- 2
to investigate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. seguir os vestígios de 2. pesquisar 3. 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 investigar
- investigo first-person present singular
- investiguei first-person preterite singular
- investigado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- investigares infinitive second-person singular
- investigarmos first-person infinitive plural
- investigardes infinitive plural second-person
- investigarem infinitive plural third-person
- investigando gerund
- investigados masculine participle past
- investigada feminine participle past
- investigadas feminine participle past
- investigas indicative present second-person
- investiga indicative present singular
- investigamos first-person indicative plural
- investigais indicative plural present
- investigam indicative plural present
- investigava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce investigar?
- Brazil /ĩ.ves.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ĩ.ves.t͡ʃiˈɡa(h)]
- /ĩ.ves.t͡ʃiˈɡa(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 investigar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is investigar in Portuguese?
investigar appears 25 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).