Polyglot Dictionary

inquérito

/ĩˈkɛɾitu/

o noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os inquéritos

Meaning

  1. inquiry

    • Abriram um inquérito.

      They opened an inquiry.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

sindicância

inquérito is more general, like a police or criminal inquiry; sindicância is more specific to administrative investigations, like a workplace inquiry.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

indagación

indagación is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "inquiry."

Practice

1 What does inquérito mean?

2 Fill the gap: Abriram um ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches inquérito?

noun

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