averiguar in Spanish: to find out, to ascertain (verb)

Translation

to find out, to ascertain

Word origin

From Latin verificare ('to make true, prove'), from verus ('true'). The same root gives English verify and verity.

Verb type-ar regular

Regular -ar conjugation. Pronouns: yo, tú, él/ella/ud., nos., vos., ellos/uds..

Person	Present	Preterite	Imperfect	Future	Conditional
yo	averiguo	averigué	averiguaba	averiguaré	averiguaría
tú	averiguas	averiguaste	averiguabas	averiguarás	averiguarías
él/ella/ud.	averigua	averiguó	averiguaba	averiguará	averiguaría
nos.	averiguamos	averiguamos	averiguábamos	averiguaremos	averiguaríamos
vos.	averiguáis	averiguasteis	averiguabais	averiguaréis	averiguaríais
ellos/uds.	averiguan	averiguaron	averiguaban	averiguarán	averiguarían

Person	Present	Imperfect (-ra)	Imperfect (-se)
yo	averigue	averiguara	averiguase
tú	averigues	averiguaras	averiguases
él/ella/ud.	averigue	averiguara	averiguase
nos.	averiguemos	averiguáramos	averiguásemos
vos.	averiguéis	averiguarais	averiguaseis
ellos/uds.	averiguen	averiguaran	averiguasen

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I need to find out who left this here.

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Find out what time the shop opens.

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I finally found out the truth.

almacén.

The police are trying to find out who broke into the warehouse.

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We will find out the price before paying.

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I have to find out where my friend lives now.

descubrir

to discover, to find out

saber

to know (facts), to taste

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