perscrutar
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: pers‧cru‧tar
Verb edit
perscrutar (first-person singular present perscruto, first-person singular preterite perscrutei, past participle perscrutado)
- to examine; to investigate thoroughly; to inquire; to question
- O detetive perscrutou o suspeito com grande aplicação.
- The detective investigated the suspect diligently.
- to try to learn; to try to discover a secret
- Vivia perscrutando os mistérios da devoção religiosa.
- He lived trying to learn about the mysteries of religious devotion.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of perscrutar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.