pergunta

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• pregunta (archaic, dialectal)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁˈɡũ.tɐ/ [peɦˈɡũ.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁˈɡũ.tɐ/ [peɦˈɡũ.tɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /peɾˈɡũ.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʁˈɡũ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peɻˈɡũ.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾˈɡũ.tɐ/ [pɨɾˈɣũ.tɐ]

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• Hyphenation: per‧gun‧ta

Etymology 1

Deverbal from perguntar.

Noun

pergunta f (plural perguntas)

1. question

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pergunta

1. inflection of perguntar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “pergunta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “pergunta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025