pregunta

See also: preguntá and preguntà

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾeˈɡunta/ [pɾeˈɡũn̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -unta
• Syllabification: pre‧gun‧ta

Noun

pregunta f (plural preguntes)

1. question

   Synonym: entruga

Related terms

• preguntar

Catalan

Alternative forms

• pregonta (Alghero)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pɾəˈɣun.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾeˈɣun.ta]

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

Etymology 1

Deverbal from preguntar.

Noun

pregunta f (plural preguntes)

1. question

Etymology 2

Verb

pregunta

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

Further reading

• “pregunta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “pregunta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

Chavacano

Etymology 1

Inherited from Spanish pregunta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾeˈɡunta/, [pɾeˈɡũn̪.t̪a]
• Hyphenation: pre‧gun‧ta

Noun

pregunta

1. question

Etymology 2

Inherited from Spanish preguntar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾeɡunˈta/, [pɾe.ɡũn̪ˈt̪a]
• Hyphenation: pre‧gun‧ta

Verb

preguntá

1. to ask

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for pregunta

	tense	infinitive	present	future
Zamboanga City conjugation	pregunta	ya pregunta	ta pregunta	ay pregunta
Cavite conjugation				di pregunta

Galician

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pɾeˈɡunta/ [pɾeˈɣ̞un̪.t̪ɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /pɾeˈɡunta/ [pɾeˈɣ̞un̪.t̪ɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /pɾeˈħunta/ [pɾeˈħun̪.t̪ɐ]

• Rhymes: -unta
• Hyphenation: pre‧gun‧ta

Etymology 1

Noun

pregunta f (plural preguntas)

1. question

   Synonyms: cuestión, interrogación

   Antonyms: contestación, resposta

Related terms

• preguntar

Etymology 2

Verb

pregunta

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾeˈɡũ.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾeˈɡũ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾeˈɡũ.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨˈɡũ.tɐ/ [pɾɨˈɣũ.tɐ]

• Hyphenation: pre‧gun‧ta

Etymology 1

Deverbal from preguntar.

Noun

pregunta f (plural preguntas)

1. (archaic or dialectal, Rio Grande do Sul) alternative form of pergunta

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pregunta

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

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾeˈɡunta/ [pɾeˈɣ̞ũn̪.t̪a]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -unta
• Syllabification: pre‧gun‧ta

Etymology 1

Deverbal from preguntar.

Noun

pregunta f (plural preguntas)

1. question (sentence that asks for information)

   hacer una pregunta ― to ask a question

   Tengo una pregunta sobre el perro.

   I have a question about the dog.

Derived terms

• a la cuarta pregunta
• la pregunta del millón
• pregunta abierta
• pregunta cerrada
• pregunta retórica
• preguntita

Etymology 2

Verb

pregunta

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

Further reading

• “pregunta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025