interrogar

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin interrogāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [in.tə.ruˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [in.tə.roˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [in.te.roˈɣaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [in.te.roˈɣa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

interrogar (first-person singular present interrogo, first-person singular preterite interroguí, past participle interrogat); root stress: (Northern) /o̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /ɔ/

1. (transitive) to interrogate

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of interrogar (first conjugation, g-gu alternation)

infinitive			interrogar
gerund			interrogant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		interrogat		interrogada
		plural		interrogats		interrogades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	interrogo	interrogues	interroga	interroguem	interrogueu	interroguen
	imperfect	interrogava	interrogaves	interrogava	interrogàvem	interrogàveu	interrogaven
	future	interrogaré	interrogaràs	interrogarà	interrogarem	interrogareu	interrogaran
	preterite	interroguí	interrogares	interrogà	interrogàrem	interrogàreu	interrogaren
	conditional	interrogaria	interrogaries	interrogaria	interrogaríem	interrogaríeu	interrogarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	interrogui	interroguis	interrogui	interroguem	interrogueu	interroguin
	imperfect	interrogués	interroguessis	interrogués	interroguéssim	interroguéssiu	interroguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	interroga	interrogui	interroguem	interrogueu	interroguin
	negative (no)	—	no interroguis	no interrogui	no interroguem	no interrogueu	no interroguin

Related terms

• interrogació
• interrogatiu
• interrogatori

Further reading

• “interrogar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Occitan

Alternative forms

• interrojar (Limousin)

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Verb

interrogar (Languedoc)

1. (transitive) to interrogate

Related terms

• interrogacion
• interrogatiu
• interrogator
• interrogatòri

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎^[1], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2026, page 322

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Indo-European *-tér

Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér

Proto-Italic *n̥ter

Latin inter

Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *h₃roǵós

Proto-Italic *rogos

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin rogō

Latin interrogārelbor.

Portuguese interrogar

Learned borrowing from Latin interrogāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.te.ʁoˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.te.hoˈɡa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.te.ʁoˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.te.hoˈɡa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩ.te.ʁoˈɡa(ɾ)/ [ĩ.te.hoˈɡa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.te.ʁoˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.te.χoˈɡa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ĩ.te.ʁoˈɡa(ɻ)/ [ĩ.te.hoˈɡa(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɨ.ʁuˈɡaɾ/ [ĩ.tɨ.ʁuˈɣaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɨ.ʁuˈɡaɾ/ [ĩ.tɨ.ʁuˈɣaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɨ.ʁuˈɡa.ɾi/

Verb

interrogar (first-person singular present interrogo, first-person singular preterite interroguei, past participle interrogado)

1. (transitive) to interrogate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of interrogar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	interrogar
Personal	interrogar	interrogares	interrogar	interrogarmos	interrogardes	interrogarem
Gerund
	interrogando
Past participle
Masculine	interrogado			interrogados
Feminine	interrogada			interrogadas
Indicative
Present	interrogo	interrogas	interroga	interrogamos	interrogais	interrogam
Imperfect	interrogava	interrogavas	interrogava	interrogávamos	interrogáveis	interrogavam
Preterite	interroguei	interrogaste	interrogou	interrogamos1, interrogámos2	interrogastes	interrogaram
Pluperfect	interrogara	interrogaras	interrogara	interrogáramos	interrogáreis	interrogaram
Future	interrogarei	interrogarás	interrogará	interrogaremos	interrogareis	interrogarão
Conditional	interrogaria	interrogarias	interrogaria	interrogaríamos	interrogaríeis	interrogariam
Subjunctive
Present	interrogue	interrogues	interrogue	interroguemos	interrogueis	interroguem
Imperfect	interrogasse	interrogasses	interrogasse	interrogássemos	interrogásseis	interrogassem
Future	interrogar	interrogares	interrogar	interrogarmos	interrogardes	interrogarem
Imperative
Affirmative		interroga	interrogue	interroguemos	interrogai	interroguem
Negative (não)		não interrogues	não interrogue	não interroguemos	não interrogueis	não interroguem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “interrogar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Indo-European *-tér

Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér

Proto-Italic *n̥ter

Latin inter

Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *h₃roǵós

Proto-Italic *rogos

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin rogō

Latin interrogārelbor.

Spanish interrogar

Learned borrowing from Latin interrogāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /interoˈɡaɾ/ [ĩn̪.t̪e.roˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: in‧te‧rro‧gar

Verb

interrogar (first-person singular present interrogo, first-person singular preterite interrogué, past participle interrogado)

1. (transitive) to interrogate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of interrogar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			interrogar
gerund			interrogando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		interrogado		interrogada
		plural		interrogados		interrogadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	interrogo	interrogastú interrogásvos	interroga	interrogamos	interrogáis	interrogan
	imperfect	interrogaba	interrogabas	interrogaba	interrogábamos	interrogabais	interrogaban
	preterite	interrogué	interrogaste	interrogó	interrogamos	interrogasteis	interrogaron
	future	interrogaré	interrogarás	interrogará	interrogaremos	interrogaréis	interrogarán
	conditional	interrogaría	interrogarías	interrogaría	interrogaríamos	interrogaríais	interrogarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	interrogue	interroguestú interroguésvos2	interrogue	interroguemos	interroguéis	interroguen
	imperfect (ra)	interrogara	interrogaras	interrogara	interrogáramos	interrogarais	interrogaran
	imperfect (se)	interrogase	interrogases	interrogase	interrogásemos	interrogaseis	interrogasen
	future1	interrogare	interrogares	interrogare	interrogáremos	interrogareis	interrogaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		interrogatú interrogávos	interrogue	interroguemos	interrogad	interroguen
	negative		no interrogues	no interrogue	no interroguemos	no interroguéis	no interroguen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of interrogar (g-gu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive interrogar	dative	interrogarme	interrogarte	interrogarle, interrogarse	interrogarnos	interrogaros	interrogarles, interrogarse
	accusative	interrogarme	interrogarte	interrogarlo, interrogarla, interrogarse	interrogarnos	interrogaros	interrogarlos, interrogarlas, interrogarse
with gerund interrogando	dative	interrogándome	interrogándote	interrogándole, interrogándose	interrogándonos	interrogándoos	interrogándoles, interrogándose
	accusative	interrogándome	interrogándote	interrogándolo, interrogándola, interrogándose	interrogándonos	interrogándoos	interrogándolos, interrogándolas, interrogándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative interroga	dative	interrógame	interrógate	interrógale	interróganos	not used	interrógales
	accusative	interrógame	interrógate	interrógalo, interrógala	interróganos	not used	interrógalos, interrógalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative interrogá	dative	interrogame	interrogate	interrogale	interroganos	not used	interrogales
	accusative	interrogame	interrogate	interrogalo, interrogala	interroganos	not used	interrogalos, interrogalas
with formal second-person singular imperative interrogue	dative	interrógueme	not used	interróguele, interróguese	interróguenos	not used	interrógueles
	accusative	interrógueme	not used	interróguelo, interróguela, interróguese	interróguenos	not used	interróguelos, interróguelas
with first-person plural imperative interroguemos	dative	not used	interroguémoste	interroguémosle	interroguémonos	interroguémoos	interroguémosles
	accusative	not used	interroguémoste	interroguémoslo, interroguémosla	interroguémonos	interroguémoos	interroguémoslos, interroguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative interrogad	dative	interrogadme	not used	interrogadle	interrogadnos	interrogaos	interrogadles
	accusative	interrogadme	not used	interrogadlo, interrogadla	interrogadnos	interrogaos	interrogadlos, interrogadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative interroguen	dative	interróguenme	not used	interróguenle	interróguennos	not used	interróguenles, interróguense
	accusative	interróguenme	not used	interróguenlo, interróguenla	interróguennos	not used	interróguenlos, interróguenlas, interróguense

Related terms

• interrogación
• interrogador
• interrogante
• interrogativo
• interrogatorio

Further reading

• “interrogar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026