pesquisa

See also: pesquisá

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pesˈki.zɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pesˈki.zɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʃˈki.zɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pesˈki.za/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨʃˈki.zɐ/

• Hyphenation: pes‧qui‧sa

Etymology 1

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

Noun

pesquisa f (plural pesquisas)

1. research (inquiry or examination)

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

2. (computing) search

Derived terms

• pesquisa de campo
• pesquisa de mercado
• pesquisa de motivação
• pesquisa de opinião
• pesquisa operacional

 

Related terms

• pesquisado
• pesquisador
• pesquisar

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pesquisa

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

Further reading

• “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

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

pesquisa f (plural pesquisas)

1. inquiry

   Synonym: inquisición

2. research

   Synonym: investigación

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pesquisa

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

Further reading

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