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averiguar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ascertain verb To find out or establish something for certain, usually through checking or investigation.
  • drill verb To make a hole in something using a rotating cutting tool.
  • find out phrasal verb To learn something you did not previously know, either by asking, checking or discovering it by chance.
  • glean verb To gather information or knowledge gradually, often bit by bit and with some effort.
  • look into phrasal verb To investigate a problem, complaint or question in order to find out the facts.

Senses

averiguar is used for these senses in English:

  • ascertain (transitive) To find out definitely; to discover or establish.
  • drill (ergative) To cause to drill (practice); to train in military arts.
  • figure out (informal) To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce.
  • find out (transitive) To discover or expose (someone) as disobedient, dishonest, etc.
  • glean To gather (something, now chiefly something intangible such as experience or information) in small amounts over a period of time, often with some difficulty; to scrape together.
  • look into (idiomatic) To investigate, explore, or consider.

drill — full definition

  1. verb To make a hole in something using a rotating cutting tool.
  2. verb To practise something repeatedly, often in a military or training context, until it becomes automatic.
  3. noun A tool or machine used for boring holes.
  4. noun A repeated practice exercise designed to build a skill or prepare for an emergency.
  5. noun A dark, gritty style of trap music known for aggressive, often violent lyrics.

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