perscrutar
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Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin perscrūtārī.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: pers‧cru‧tar
Verb
[edit]perscrutar (first-person singular present perscruto, first-person singular preterite perscrutei, past participle perscrutado) (transitive)
- to investigate, to probe (to examine thoroughly)
- O detetive perscrutou o suspeito com grande aplicação.
- The detective investigated the suspect diligently.
- to seek to know, to try to learn
- Vivia perscrutando os mistérios da devoção religiosa.
- He lived trying to learn about the mysteries of religious devotion.
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of perscrutar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
[edit]- “perscrutar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “perscrutar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
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