questionar

See also: qüestionar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English question, French questionner.

Verb

questionar (present tense questionas, past tense questionis, future tense questionos, imperative questionez, conditional questionus)

1. (transitive) to ask, question

   Synonyms: demandar, inquestar

   Antonym: respondar

   La polico prenis ilu de lua domo por questionar ilu. ― The police took him from his house to question him.

Conjugation

Conjugation of questionar

		present		past		future
infinitive		questionar		questionir		questionor
tense		questionas		questionis		questionos
conditional		questionus		—		—
imperative		questionez		—		—
adjective active participle		questionanta		questioninta		questiononta
adverbial active participle		questionante		questioninte		questiononte
nominal active participle	singular	questionanto		questioninto		questiononto
	plural	questionanti		questioninti		questiononti
adjective passive participle		questionata		questionita		questionota
adverbial passive participle		questionate		questionite		questionote
nominal passive participle	singular	questionato		questionito		questionoto
	plural	questionati		questioniti		questionoti

Derived terms

• questionaro (“questionnaire”)
• questiono (“question”, noun)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• qüestionar (pre-1990 spelling, Brazil, nonstandard)

Etymology

From Late Latin quaestionāre. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kes.t͡ʃi.oˈna(ʁ)/ [kes.t͡ʃi.oˈna(h)], (faster) /kes.t͡ʃjoˈna(ʁ)/ [kes.t͡ʃjoˈna(h)], (uncommon, nonstandard) /kwes.t͡ʃi.oˈna(ʁ)/ [kwes.t͡ʃi.oˈna(h)], (uncommon, nonstandard, faster) /kwes.t͡ʃjoˈna(ʁ)/ [kwes.t͡ʃjoˈna(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kes.t͡ʃi.oˈna(ʁ)/ [kes.t͡ʃi.oˈna(h)], (faster) /kes.t͡ʃjoˈna(ʁ)/ [kes.t͡ʃjoˈna(h)], (uncommon, nonstandard) /kwes.t͡ʃi.oˈna(ʁ)/ [kwes.t͡ʃi.oˈna(h)], (uncommon, nonstandard, faster) /kwes.t͡ʃjoˈna(ʁ)/ [kwes.t͡ʃjoˈna(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kes.t͡ʃi.oˈna(ɾ)/, (faster) /kes.t͡ʃjoˈna(ɾ)/, (uncommon, nonstandard) /kwes.t͡ʃi.oˈna(ɾ)/, (uncommon, nonstandard, faster) /kwes.t͡ʃjoˈna(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /keʃ.t͡ʃi.oˈna(ʁ)/ [keʃ.t͡ʃi.oˈna(χ)], (faster) /keʃ.t͡ʃjoˈna(ʁ)/ [keʃ.t͡ʃjoˈna(χ)], (uncommon, nonstandard) /kweʃ.t͡ʃi.oˈna(ʁ)/ [kweʃ.t͡ʃi.oˈna(χ)], (uncommon, nonstandard, faster) /kweʃ.t͡ʃjoˈna(ʁ)/ [kweʃ.t͡ʃjoˈna(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /kes.t͡ʃi.oˈna(ɻ)/, (faster) /kes.t͡ʃjoˈna(ɻ)/, (uncommon, nonstandard) /kwes.t͡ʃi.oˈna(ɻ)/, (uncommon, nonstandard, faster) /kwes.t͡ʃjoˈna(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɨʃ.tjuˈnaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɨʃ.tjuˈnaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɨʃ.tjuˈna.ɾi/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Hyphenation: ques‧ti‧o‧nar

Verb

questionar (first-person singular present questiono, first-person singular preterite questionei, past participle questionado)

1. (formal) to ask

   Synonym: perguntar

2. to inquire

Conjugation

    Conjugation of questionar (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	questionar
Personal	questionar	questionares	questionar	questionarmos	questionardes	questionarem
Gerund
	questionando
Past participle
Masculine	questionado			questionados
Feminine	questionada			questionadas
Indicative
Present	questiono	questionas	questiona	questionamos	questionais	questionam
Imperfect	questionava	questionavas	questionava	questionávamos	questionáveis	questionavam
Preterite	questionei	questionaste	questionou	questionamos1, questionámos2	questionastes	questionaram
Pluperfect	questionara	questionaras	questionara	questionáramos	questionáreis	questionaram
Future	questionarei	questionarás	questionará	questionaremos	questionareis	questionarão
Conditional	questionaria	questionarias	questionaria	questionaríamos	questionaríeis	questionariam
Subjunctive
Present	questione	questiones	questione	questionemos	questioneis	questionem
Imperfect	questionasse	questionasses	questionasse	questionássemos	questionásseis	questionassem
Future	questionar	questionares	questionar	questionarmos	questionardes	questionarem
Imperative
Affirmative		questiona	questione	questionemos	questionai	questionem
Negative (não)		não questiones	não questione	não questionemos	não questioneis	não questionem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “questionar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “questionar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026