perquirir

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pər.kiˈɾi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [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, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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)

1. (transitive, obsolete) to seek out
2. (transitive, obsolete) to investigate

• “perquirir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014