investigar

/imbestiˈɡaɾ/, [ĩm.bes.t̪iˈɣ̞aɾ]

investigate, research


Gerund: investigando


Past Participles

  Masculine Feminine
Singular investigado investigada
Plural investigados investigadas

Indicative

  Present Imperfect Preterite Future Conditional
yo investigo investigaba investigué investigaré investigaría
investigas investigabas investigaste investigarás investigarías
él/ella/Ud. investiga investigaba investigó investigará investigaría
nosotros investigamos investigábamos investigamos investigaremos investigaríamos
vosotros investigáis investigabais investigasteis investigaréis investigaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. investigan investigaban investigaron investigarán investigarían
vos investigás investigabas investigaste investigarás investigarías

Subjunctive

  Present Imperfect (ra) Imperfect (se) Future
yo investigue investigara investigase investigare
investigues investigaras investigases investigares
él/ella/Ud. investigue investigara investigase investigare
nosotros investiguemos investigáramos investigásemos investigáremos
vosotros investiguéis investigarais investigaseis investigareis
ellos/ellas/Uds. investiguen investigaran investigasen investigaren
vos investigués investigaras investigases investigares

Imperative

  Affirmative Negative
yo    
investiga no investigues
Ud. investigue no investigue
nosotros investiguemos no investiguemos
vosotros investigad no investiguéis
Uds. investiguen no investiguen
vos investigá no investigues

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Examples
  • Todo individuo tiene derecho a la libertad de opinión y de expresión; este derecho incluye el de no ser molestado a causa de sus opiniones, el de investigar y recibir informaciones y opiniones, y el de difundirlas, sin limitación de fronteras, por cualquier medio de expresión.

    Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.

  • Es mi negocio investigar tales cosas.

    It's my business to investigate such things.

  • El Gobierno nombró a un comité para investigar el accidente.

    The government appointed a committee to investigate the accident.

  • Empezaron a investigar sobre ese problema.

    They began to look into the problem.

  • Nosotros pretendemos investigar ese asunto.

    We intend to look into that matter.

  • Se ha formado un comité para investigar el problema.

    A committee has been set up to investigate the problem.

  • Ella trató de investigar la verdad tras ese rumor.

    She tried to investigate the truth about the rumor.

  • La policía empezó a investigar el asunto.

    The police began to look into the matter.

  • Ese policía prometió investigar el asunto.

    That policeman promised to look into the matter.

  • El policía prometió investigar el caso.

    The policeman promised to investigate the matter.

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