investigar

to investigate, to research

i m b e s t i ˈɡ a ɾ
verb Common #7,942
to investigate, to research
SP: La policía va a investigar el caso.
EN: The police are going to investigate the case.
Conjugation of investigar
investigar
Present
Indicative present
SingularPlural
Third investiga
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
Third investiga
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second investiga
Third investigue investiguen
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First investigué
Third investigó

Investigar el incidente nos llevará por lo menos tres semanas.

Investigating the incident will take us at least three weeks.

Ese policía prometió investigar el asunto.

That police officer promised to investigate the matter.

Oscar decidió investigar el asunto.

Oscar decided to investigate the matter.

— El tambor de hojalata (1979)

Bien, volveremos a investigar más tarde.

Okay, we'll investigate again later.

— Nausicaä del valle del viento (1984)

He venido a investigar la estabilidad de la isla.

I have come to investigate the stability of the island.

Quieres investigar cosas que no entiendes.

You want to investigate things you don't understand.

— El tambor de hojalata (1979)

Hemos venido a investigar algo.

We have come to investigate something.

— Primavera, verano, otoño, invierno... y primavera (2003)

Vamos a investigar.

Let's investigate.

Se ha formado un comité para investigar el problema.

A committee has been formed to investigate the problem.

Así que me enviaron aquí para investigar.

So they sent me here to investigate.

— P.K. (Peekay) (2014)

Mary tiene un poco que investigar.

Mary has a little research to do.

Y al día siguiente, cuando empezaste a investigar.

And the next day, when you started investigating.

— Perdición (1944)

Voy a investigar.

I'm going to investigate.

— La gran enfermedad del amor (2017)

Parece que tienes mucho que investigar.

It seems like you have a lot to look into.

— Los hermanos demolición (2026)

Como Pilar, estoy aquí para investigar.

As Pilar, I am here to investigate.

— Guardianes de la Noche: Tren infinito (2020)

Vino a ayudarnos a investigar.

He came to help us with the research.

— Black Phone 2 (2025)

Para investigar.

For research.

— La ciudad de las estrellas (La La Land) (2016)

Le pido que me permita investigar.

I ask him/her to allow me to investigate.

— El canto del lobo (2019)

Debemos investigar los abusos sociales.

We must investigate social abuses.

Deben investigar ese problema.

They need to investigate that problem.

Me gustaría investigar esa idea.

I would like to investigate that idea.

— Oppenheimer (2023)

Investigar las causas del cáncer es muy costoso.

Investigating the causes of cancer is very expensive.

La policía empezó a investigar el asunto.

The police began investigating the matter.

Es mi negocio investigar tales cosas.

Investigating such things is my business.

Yo voy a investigar su muerte.

I'm going to investigate his death.

— Tropa de élite 2 (2010)

De vuelta en el pueblo decidí investigar.

Back in the village, I decided to investigate.

— La cinta blanca (2009)

Se contrataron detectives privados para investigar el caso extraño.

Private detectives were hired to investigate the strange case.

Vamos a investigar y resulta ser sólo moho.

We investigate and it turns out to be just mold.

— Jojo Rabbit (2019)

Lo contraté para investigar las actividades de mi esposo.

I hired him to investigate my husband's activities.

— Los hermanos demolición (2026)

Al investigar los departamentos Ogawa, busqué el pasado de sus residentes.

While investigating the Ogawa apartments, I looked into the past of its residents.

— El jardín de los pecadores: Paradigma paradoja (Paradoja espiral) (2008)

Voy a investigar y te llamo.

I'm going to look into it and call you.

— A primera vista (2014)

Acordaron investigar la causa del accidente.

They agreed to investigate the cause of the accident.

Eso se tiene que investigar.

That needs to be investigated.

Empezaron a investigar sobre ese problema.

They began to investigate that problem.

Eso pensé, así que empecé a investigar.

That's what I thought, so I started investigating.

— El jardín de los pecadores: Paradigma paradoja (Paradoja espiral) (2008)

Creo que me van a investigar.

I think they're going to investigate me.

— ¡Vivir! (1994)

Debemos investigar la desaparición de aquel médico.

We must investigate the disappearance of that doctor.

El policía prometió investigar el caso.

The police officer promised to investigate the case.

El Gobierno nombró a un comité para investigar el accidente.

The government appointed a committee to investigate the accident.

Ella trató de investigar la verdad tras ese rumor.

She tried to investigate the truth behind that rumor.

Solo para investigar.

For research purposes only.

— Bugonia (2025)

Tengo que investigar algo mañana por la mañana.

I have to do some research tomorrow morning.

No será fácil investigar la causa.

Investigating the cause won’t be easy.