preguntar
التعريفات والمعاني
== Aragonese ==
=== Etymology ===
From Vulgar Latin *praecūnctāre, alteration of Latin percontārī.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /pɾeɡunˈta(ɾ)/
Syllabification: pre‧gun‧tar
Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
=== Verb ===
preguntar
(transitive) to ask
==== Conjugation ====
=== References ===
“preguntar”, in Aragonario, diccionario aragonés–castellano (in Spanish)
Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “preguntar”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
== Asturian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Vulgar Latin *praecūnctāre, alteration of Latin percontārī.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /pɾeɡunˈtaɾ/ [pɾe.ɡũn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: pre‧gun‧tar
=== Verb ===
preguntar (first-person singular indicative present pregunto, past participle preguntáu)
to ask
Synonym: entrugar
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
pregunta
=== Further reading ===
Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “preguntar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
“preguntar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish preguntar.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [pɾə.ɣunˈta]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [pɾe.ɣunˈtaɾ]
IPA(key): (Northwestern) [pɾe.ɣunˈta]
Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Hyphenation: pre‧gun‧tar
=== Verb ===
preguntar (first-person singular present pregunto, first-person singular preterite preguntí, past participle preguntat)
to ask
Synonym: demanar
to ask [with sobre ‘about’]
to ask [with per ‘for’]
(pronominal) to ask oneself, to wonder [with sobre ‘about’]
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
pregunta
preguntar-se
=== References ===
Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “preguntar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
== Galician ==
=== Alternative forms ===
perguntar
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese preguntar, from Vulgar Latin *praecūnctāre, alteration of Latin percontārī.
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -aɾ
Hyphenation: pre‧gun‧tar
=== Verb ===
preguntar (first-person singular present pregunto, first-person singular preterite preguntei, past participle preguntado)
to ask
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
pregunta
=== References ===
Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “preguntar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “preguntar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “preguntar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “preguntar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “preguntar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
== Old Galician-Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *praecūnctāre, alteration of Latin percontārī.
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -aɾ
=== Verb ===
preguntar
to ask
==== Conjugation ====
==== Descendants ====
Galician: preguntar, perguntar
Portuguese: perguntar, preguntar (archaic, dialectal)
=== Further reading ===
Universo Cantigas - "preguntar"
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese preguntar, from Vulgar Latin *praecūnctāre, alteration of Latin percontārī.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: pre‧gun‧tar
=== Verb ===
preguntar (first-person singular present pregunto, first-person singular preterite preguntei, past participle preguntado)
(archaic or dialectal) alternative form of perguntar
==== Conjugation ====
=== Further reading ===
“preguntar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“preguntar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old Spanish preguntar, from Vulgar Latin *praecūnctāre, alteration of Latin percontārī.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /pɾeɡunˈtaɾ/ [pɾe.ɣ̞ũn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: pre‧gun‧tar
=== Verb ===
preguntar (first-person singular present pregunto, first-person singular preterite pregunté, past participle preguntado)
(ditransitive, ambitransitive) to ask
(reflexive) to wonder, to ask oneself, to ponder
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
==== Descendants ====
→ Catalan: preguntar
→ Gallurese: pricuntà, pricuntà
→ Sardinian: preguntare, preguntari, perguntare, perguntai
→ Sassarese: priguntà
=== Further reading ===
“preguntar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025