pesquisa
See also: pesquisá
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: pes‧qui‧sa
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Spanish pesquisa (“investigation”), ultimately from Latin perquīrō (“to ask, inquire or search diligently”).
Noun edit
pesquisa f (plural pesquisas)
- research (inquiry or examination)
- Synonyms: análise, averiguação, exame, inquirição, investigação, busca
- (computing) search
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
pesquisa
- inflection of pesquisar:
Further reading edit
- “pesquisa” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “pesquisa” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “pesquisa” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “pesquisa” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “pesquisa” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “pesquisa” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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.
Noun edit
pesquisa f (plural pesquisas)
- inquiry
- Synonym: inquisición
- research
- Synonym: investigación
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
pesquisa
- inflection of pesquisar:
Further reading edit
- “pesquisa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014