perscrutar
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin perscrūtārī.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /peʁs.kɾuˈta(ʁ)/ [pehs.kɾuˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /peɾs.kɾuˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /peʁʃ.kɾuˈta(ʁ)/ [peχʃ.kɾuˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /peɻs.kɾuˈta(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨɾʃ.kɾuˈtaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨɾʃ.kɾuˈta.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: pers‧cru‧tar
Verb
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
Conjugation of perscrutar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “perscrutar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “perscrutar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025