perquirir

Learned borrowing from Latin perquīrere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pər.kiˈɾi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [peɾ.kiˈɾiɾ]

perquirir (first-person singular present perquireixo, first-person singular preterite perquirí, past participle perquirit)

1. (transitive) to search

   Synonym: escorcollar

2. (transitive, law) to investigate

• perquisidor

• perquisició

• “perquirir”, 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

Borrowed from Latin perquīrere.

• IPA^(key): /peɾkiˈɾiɾ/ [peɾ.kiˈɾiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: per‧qui‧rir

perquirir (first-person singular present perquiero, first-person singular preterite perquirí, past participle perquirido) (obsolete)

1. (transitive) to seek out

   Synonym: pesquisar

2. (transitive) to investigate

   Synonyms: investigar, indagar

• “perquirir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024