perguntar

From Old Portuguese preguntar, from Latin percontārī, present active infinitive of percontor (“I inquire”).

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peɾ.ɡũ.ˈta(ɾ))/
  • (Paulista) IPA^(key): /ˌpeɹ.ɡũ.ˈta(ɹ)/
  • (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpeɻ.ɡũ.ˈta(ɻ)/
  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpɛh.ɡũ.ˈta(h)/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾ.ɣũ.ˈtaɾ/
• Hyphenation: per‧gun‧tar

perguntar (first-person singular present indicative pergunto, past participle perguntado)

1. (transitive) to ask (request an answer)

   Pergunta a alguém. ― Ask anybody.

   Alguém perguntou por você. ― Someone asked for you.

   Synonyms: indagar, inquirir, interpelar, interrogar, questionar

   Antonyms: replicar, responder

2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to wonder (query in the mind)

   "Que horas são", perguntou-se. ― "What time is it?" he wondered.

   Synonym: ponderar