pesquisa

• Hyphenation: pes‧qui‧sa

Borrowed from Spanish pesquisa (“investigation”), ultimately from Latin perquīrō (“to ask, inquire or search diligently”).

pesquisa f (plural pesquisas)

1. research (inquiry or examination)

   Synonyms: análise, averiguação, exame, inquirição, investigação, busca

2. (computing) search

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

pesquisa

1. inflection of pesquisar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “pesquisa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “pesquisa”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “pesquisa” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “pesquisa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “pesquisa”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “pesquisa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

• IPA^(key): /pesˈkisa/ [pesˈki.sa]
• Rhymes: -isa
• Syllabification: pes‧qui‧sa

The feminine past participle of Old Spanish pesquerir, from earlier perquirir (with dissimilation), from Latin perquīrere. The Latin verb had perquīsīta as its feminine past participle.

pesquisa f (plural pesquisas)

1. inquiry

   Synonyms: indagación, inquisición

2. research

   Synonym: investigación

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

pesquisa

1. inflection of pesquisar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “pesquisa”, 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