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investiga

to investigate /investiˈɡa/

verb#5264 most common

Also: to look into, to probe

Example sentences

Poliția investighează cazul.
The police are investigating the case.
Detectivul investighează un furt.
The detective is investigating a theft.
Vom investiga problema mâine.
We will investigate the problem tomorrow.
Autoritățile au investigat accidentul timp de trei luni.
The authorities investigated the accident for three months.
Comisia a decis să investigheze temeinic toate acuzațiile aduse companiei.
The commission decided to thoroughly investigate all the accusations brought against the company.
Dacă ar fi investigat mai devreme neregulile financiare, scandalul ar fi putut fi evitat.
If they had investigated the financial irregularities earlier, the scandal could have been avoided.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sginvestighezinvestigaivoi investiga
2sginvestigheziinvestigașivei investiga
3sginvestigheazăinvestigăva investiga
1plinvestigăminvestigarămvom investiga
2plinvestigațiinvestigarățiveți investiga
3plinvestigheazăinvestigarăvor investiga

Word family

investigațieinvestigation
investigatorinvestigator
investigativinvestigative
investigatinvestigated

Etymology

Romanian borrowed "investiga" from French "investiguer" and Latin "investigare" during the 19th-century re-Latinization of the language, when many everyday Slavic-derived terms were supplemented or replaced with French and Latin borrowings. The Latin verb combines "in-" (into) with "vestigare" (to track, to trace), itself built on "vestigium" (footprint, trace). The core image is following a trail to its source.

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