Verbs  ›  preguntar
🇪🇸 Spanish verb

preguntar — to ask (a question)

preguntar · preguntando · preguntado infinitive · gerund · participle
+por+a+sobre / acerca de[pregunta]
preguntar — to ask (a question)

Meanings of preguntar

1
to ask (a question) [pregunta]
Le pregunté a la profesora cuándo era el examen.I asked the teacher when the exam was.
2
to ask (the time/ price/ directions) +[la hora/ el precio/ el camino]
Un turista me preguntó la hora en la calle.A tourist asked me the time in the street.
3
to ask about (someone/ something) +[por + persona/ cosa]
Tu hermana llamó y preguntó por ti.Your sister called and asked about you.

Synonyms

consultar · consultinterrogar · to interrogate; to question

Antonyms

responder · answercontestar · reply

Reflexive preguntarse

1
to wonder; to ask oneself +[si/ qué]
Me pregunto si mañana lloverá.I wonder if it will rain tomorrow.
Learn preguntar — and 60 more

Get AppVerb free.

Scan the code or grab it from your store. Start learning in seconds, no account needed.

Get it on Google Play Download on the App Store
Scan for Google Play AndroidScan to install
Scan for App Store iPhoneScan to install
Keep going

More verbs

No verb matches that search yet.