indagar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin indāgāre (“to follow a trail, to search for”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [in.dəˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [in.daˈɣaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [in.daˈɣa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Hyphenation: in‧da‧gar

Verb

indagar (first-person singular present indago, first-person singular preterite indaguí, past participle indagat)

1. (transitive) to investigate

   Synonym: investigar

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of indagar (first conjugation, g-gu alternation)

infinitive			indagar
gerund			indagant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		indagat		indagada
		plural		indagats		indagades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	indago	indagues	indaga	indaguem	indagueu	indaguen
	imperfect	indagava	indagaves	indagava	indagàvem	indagàveu	indagaven
	future	indagaré	indagaràs	indagarà	indagarem	indagareu	indagaran
	preterite	indaguí	indagares	indagà	indagàrem	indagàreu	indagaren
	conditional	indagaria	indagaries	indagaria	indagaríem	indagaríeu	indagarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	indagui	indaguis	indagui	indaguem	indagueu	indaguin
	imperfect	indagués	indaguessis	indagués	indaguéssim	indaguéssiu	indaguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	indaga	indagui	indaguem	indagueu	indaguin
	negative (no)	—	no indaguis	no indagui	no indaguem	no indagueu	no indaguin

Related terms

• indagació

Further reading

• “indagar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin indāgāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.daˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.daˈɡa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.daˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.daˈɡa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩ.daˈɡa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.daˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.daˈɡa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ĩ.daˈɡa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.dɐˈɡaɾ/ [ĩ.dɐˈɣaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.dɐˈɡaɾ/ [ĩ.dɐˈɣaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.dɐˈɡa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: in‧da‧gar

Verb

indagar (first-person singular present indago, first-person singular preterite indaguei, past participle indagado)

1. to inquire, investigate

   Synonym: investigar

2. to question

   Synonym: questionar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of indagar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	indagar
Personal	indagar	indagares	indagar	indagarmos	indagardes	indagarem
Gerund
	indagando
Past participle
Masculine	indagado			indagados
Feminine	indagada			indagadas
Indicative
Present	indago	indagas	indaga	indagamos	indagais	indagam
Imperfect	indagava	indagavas	indagava	indagávamos	indagáveis	indagavam
Preterite	indaguei	indagaste	indagou	indagamos1, indagámos2	indagastes	indagaram
Pluperfect	indagara	indagaras	indagara	indagáramos	indagáreis	indagaram
Future	indagarei	indagarás	indagará	indagaremos	indagareis	indagarão
Conditional	indagaria	indagarias	indagaria	indagaríamos	indagaríeis	indagariam
Subjunctive
Present	indague	indagues	indague	indaguemos	indagueis	indaguem
Imperfect	indagasse	indagasses	indagasse	indagássemos	indagásseis	indagassem
Future	indagar	indagares	indagar	indagarmos	indagardes	indagarem
Imperative
Affirmative		indaga	indague	indaguemos	indagai	indaguem
Negative (não)		não indagues	não indague	não indaguemos	não indagueis	não indaguem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• indagação

Further reading

• “indagar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin indāgāre (“to follow a trail, to search for”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /indaˈɡaɾ/ [ĩn̪.d̪aˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: in‧da‧gar

Verb

indagar (first-person singular present indago, first-person singular preterite indagué, past participle indagado)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to investigate

   Synonym: investigar

   • 2018 July 6, Jordi Costa, “Nocturno urbano”, in El País‎^[1], Madrid, →ISSN:

     Yo la busco indaga en la fragilidad emocional masculina, tantea nuevos modelos de convivencia y relación, adopta cierto espíritu de novela de caballerías (la entrega del cuaderno) y propone un modelo de discurso claramente indisociable de lo vital.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of indagar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			indagar
gerund			indagando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		indagado		indagada
		plural		indagados		indagadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	indago	indagastú indagásvos	indaga	indagamos	indagáis	indagan
	imperfect	indagaba	indagabas	indagaba	indagábamos	indagabais	indagaban
	preterite	indagué	indagaste	indagó	indagamos	indagasteis	indagaron
	future	indagaré	indagarás	indagará	indagaremos	indagaréis	indagarán
	conditional	indagaría	indagarías	indagaría	indagaríamos	indagaríais	indagarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	indague	indaguestú indaguésvos2	indague	indaguemos	indaguéis	indaguen
	imperfect (ra)	indagara	indagaras	indagara	indagáramos	indagarais	indagaran
	imperfect (se)	indagase	indagases	indagase	indagásemos	indagaseis	indagasen
	future1	indagare	indagares	indagare	indagáremos	indagareis	indagaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		indagatú indagávos	indague	indaguemos	indagad	indaguen
	negative		no indagues	no indague	no indaguemos	no indaguéis	no indaguen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of indagar (g-gu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive indagar	dative	indagarme	indagarte	indagarle, indagarse	indagarnos	indagaros	indagarles, indagarse
	accusative	indagarme	indagarte	indagarlo, indagarla, indagarse	indagarnos	indagaros	indagarlos, indagarlas, indagarse
with gerund indagando	dative	indagándome	indagándote	indagándole, indagándose	indagándonos	indagándoos	indagándoles, indagándose
	accusative	indagándome	indagándote	indagándolo, indagándola, indagándose	indagándonos	indagándoos	indagándolos, indagándolas, indagándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative indaga	dative	indágame	indágate	indágale	indáganos	not used	indágales
	accusative	indágame	indágate	indágalo, indágala	indáganos	not used	indágalos, indágalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative indagá	dative	indagame	indagate	indagale	indaganos	not used	indagales
	accusative	indagame	indagate	indagalo, indagala	indaganos	not used	indagalos, indagalas
with formal second-person singular imperative indague	dative	indágueme	not used	indáguele, indáguese	indáguenos	not used	indágueles
	accusative	indágueme	not used	indáguelo, indáguela, indáguese	indáguenos	not used	indáguelos, indáguelas
with first-person plural imperative indaguemos	dative	not used	indaguémoste	indaguémosle	indaguémonos	indaguémoos	indaguémosles
	accusative	not used	indaguémoste	indaguémoslo, indaguémosla	indaguémonos	indaguémoos	indaguémoslos, indaguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative indagad	dative	indagadme	not used	indagadle	indagadnos	indagaos	indagadles
	accusative	indagadme	not used	indagadlo, indagadla	indagadnos	indagaos	indagadlos, indagadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative indaguen	dative	indáguenme	not used	indáguenle	indáguennos	not used	indáguenles, indáguense
	accusative	indáguenme	not used	indáguenlo, indáguenla	indáguennos	not used	indáguenlos, indáguenlas, indáguense

Derived terms

• indagatorio

Related terms

• indagación

Further reading

• “indagar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “indagar”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA