averiguar

/abeɾiˈɡwaɾ/, [a.β̞e.ɾiˈɣ̞waɾ]

ascertain, find out

Gerund: averiguando

Past Participles

	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	averiguado	averiguada
Plural	averiguados	averiguadas

Indicative

	Present	Imperfect	Preterite	Future	Conditional
yo	averiguo	averiguaba	averigüé	averiguaré	averiguaría
tú	averiguas	averiguabas	averiguaste	averiguarás	averiguarías
él/ella/Ud.	averigua	averiguaba	averiguó	averiguará	averiguaría
nosotros	averiguamos	averiguábamos	averiguamos	averiguaremos	averiguaríamos
vosotros	averiguáis	averiguabais	averiguasteis	averiguaréis	averiguaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds.	averiguan	averiguaban	averiguaron	averiguarán	averiguarían
vos	averiguás	averiguabas	averiguaste	averiguarás	averiguarías

Subjunctive

	Present	Imperfect (ra)	Imperfect (se)	Future
yo	averigüe	averiguara	averiguase	averiguare
tú	averigües	averiguaras	averiguases	averiguares
él/ella/Ud.	averigüe	averiguara	averiguase	averiguare
nosotros	averigüemos	averiguáramos	averiguásemos	averiguáremos
vosotros	averigüéis	averiguarais	averiguaseis	averiguareis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	averigüen	averiguaran	averiguasen	averiguaren
vos	averigüés	averiguaras	averiguases	averiguares

Imperative

Examples

Quiero averiguar qué ocasionó el problema.

I want to find out what caused the problem.

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Él trató de averiguar contra que iba.

He tried to find out what he was up against.

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Desearía averiguar como controlar mi apetito.

I wish I could figure out how to control my appetite.

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Viniste aquí porque querías averiguar la verdad.

You came here because you wanted to know the truth.

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Él estaba extasiado de averiguar que su hijo había triunfado.

He was overjoyed to find out that his son had succeeded.

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No puedo averiguar cómo transferir archivos MP3 a mi iPod.

I can't figure out how to transfer MP3 files to my iPod.

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Quiero averiguar qué se va a poner María para el baile.

I want to find out what Mary is going to wear to the dance.

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Quiero averiguar el origen de este irresponsable rumor.

I want to find out the source of this irresponsible rumor.

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Quisiera averiguar más acerca de Boston.

I'd like to know more about Boston.

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No pudimos averiguar su dirección.

We could not find out her address.

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