perscrutar
Portuguese, verb/peʁs.kɾuˈta(ʁ)/
perscrutar is spelled P-E-R-S-C-R-U-T-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 107,947th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perscrutar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to investigate, to probe (to examine thoroughly)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “examinar minuciosamente; investigar, sondar, observar”.
What does perscrutar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to investigate, to probe (to examine thoroughly)
O detetive perscrutou o suspeito com grande aplicação.
- 2
to seek to know, to try to learn
Vivia perscrutando os mistérios da devoção religiosa.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. examinar minuciosamente; investigar, sondar, observar
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 perscrutar
- perscruto first-person present singular
- perscrutei first-person preterite singular
- perscrutado participle past
- perscrutares infinitive second-person singular
- perscrutarmos first-person infinitive plural
- perscrutardes infinitive plural second-person
- perscrutarem infinitive plural third-person
- perscrutando gerund
- perscrutados masculine participle past
- perscrutada feminine participle past
- perscrutadas feminine participle past
- perscrutas indicative present second-person
- perscruta indicative present singular
- perscrutamos first-person indicative plural
- perscrutais indicative plural present
- perscrutam indicative plural present
- perscrutava first-person imperfect indicative
- perscrutavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce perscrutar?
- Brazil /peʁs.kɾuˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [pehs.kɾuˈta(h)]
- /peɾs.kɾuˈta(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 perscrutar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is perscrutar in Portuguese?
perscrutar appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).