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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin perscrūtārī.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pers‧cru‧tar
Verb
perscrutar (first-person singular present perscruto, first-person singular preterite perscrutei, past participle perscrutado) (transitive)
- to investigate, to probe (to examine thoroughly)
O detetive perscrutou o suspeito com grande aplicação.- The detective investigated the suspect diligently.
- to seek to know, to try to learn
Vivia perscrutando os mistérios da devoção religiosa.- He lived trying to learn about the mysteries of religious devotion.
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
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