Spanish word

indagar

Pronunciation

IPA/indaˈɣaɾ/

Meaning

  • verblook into

Example

¿Puedes indagar qué pasó anoche?

Can you look into what happened last night?

Illustration for indagar (look into)

More examples

Antes de contratarlo, deberíamos indagar sobre su experiencia laboral.

Before hiring him, we should look into his work experience.

Core concept

A magnifying glass moving over scattered reports and notes.

Common phrases

  • indagar en internet

    search online

  • indagar qué pasó

    look into what happened

  • indagar si es cierto

    find out if it's true

Similar words

averiguar: Discovers facts or the correct answer after checking sources or available reports.
preguntar: Directly requests information from a person by posing questions.
informarse: Seeks out and consults sources or records to learn needed information.
buscar: Looks through locations or records to try to find something specific.

Definition in Spanish

Buscar información, pruebas o datos sobre algo para conocer la verdad o aclarar un asunto mediante preguntas, investigación o examen.

Word origin

Spanish indagar comes from Latin indagare, where in- 'into' combines with a root meaning 'to trace', giving the sense of probing into something.

Usage tips

  • In conversational Spanish averiguar or preguntar sound more natural than indagar, which is more typical in police, legal, or research contexts.

Other meanings

  • find outverb
  • probeverb

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