preguntar

Aragonese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *praecūnctāre, alteration of Latin percontārī.

Verb

preguntar

  1. (transitive) to ask

References


Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *praecūnctāre, alteration of Latin percontārī.

Verb

preguntar (first-person singular indicative present pregunto, past participle preguntáu)

  1. to ask
    Synonym: entrugar

Conjugation


Catalan

Etymology

From Spanish preguntar.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /pɾə.ɡunˈta/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /pɾe.ɡunˈtaɾ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

preguntar (first-person singular present pregunto, past participle preguntat)

  1. to ask
    Synonym: demanar
  2. (used with sobre) to ask about
  3. (used with per) to ask for

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  • “preguntar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese preguntar, from Vulgar Latin *praecūnctāre, alteration of Latin percontārī.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɾeɣunˈtaɾ]

Verb

preguntar (first-person singular present pregunto, first-person singular preterite preguntei, past participle preguntado)

  1. to ask

Conjugation

References

  • preguntar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • preguntar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • preguntar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • preguntar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • preguntar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish preguntar, from Vulgar Latin *praecūnctāre, alteration of Latin percontārī.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾeɡunˈtaɾ/ [pɾe.ɣ̞ũn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: pre‧gun‧tar

Verb

preguntar (first-person singular present pregunto, first-person singular preterite pregunté, past participle preguntado)

  1. to ask
    Me preguntó por su hija.
    He asked me about his daughter.
    Le preguntamos a la profesora cómo proceder.
    We asked the teacher how to proceed.
    • 2016 September 30, “La salud es la clave para campaña Canó”, in Listin Diario:
      Al preguntársele lo que significaba el fijar un récord personal en jonrones esta campaña, lo primero que Canó destacó fue su trabajo durante la temporada muerta después de su operación en Filadelfia para solucionar las hernias.
      When he was asked what reaching a [new] personal homerun record this season meant, Canó first highlighted his work during the offseason after his surgery in Philadelphia to address his hernias.
  2. (reflexive) to wonder, to ask oneself
    Me pregunté si todo había sido un sueño.
    I wondered if everything had been a dream.
    Todavía me pregunto cómo pudo pasar eso.
    I still wonder how that could happen.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: preguntar
  • Gallurese: pricuntà, pricuntà
  • Sardinian: preguntare, preguntari, perguntare, perguntai
  • Sassarese: priguntà

Further reading

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