to find out
hablamos regular endingpienso stem changetengo irregularbusqué spelling change
Presente · What happens now or habitually
Averiguo los horarios en internet.
I check the schedules online.
Pretérito · A completed action in the past
Averigüé la dirección por teléfono.
I found out the address by phone.
Imperfecto · Ongoing or habitual past; "used to"
Mi mamá siempre averiguaba todo.
My mom always found out everything.
Futuro · What will happen
Averiguaremos quién fue.
We'll find out who it was.
Condicional · What would happen
Yo averiguaría primero el precio.
I'd find out the price first.
Pretérito perfecto · Has/have done
¿Has averiguado algo?
Have you found out anything?
Pluscuamperfecto · Had done
Ella ya había averiguado la verdad.
She had already found out the truth.
Futuro perfecto · Will have done
Para mañana ya habrán averiguado todo.
By tomorrow they will have found out everything.
Condicional perfecto · Would have done
Habríamos averiguado el horario.
We would have found out the schedule.
Presente de subjuntivo · Wishes, doubts, emotions about the present or future
Quiero que averigües a qué hora abren.
I want you to find out what time they open.
Imperfecto de subjuntivo (-ra) · Hypotheticals and past wishes; the common form
Temía que mi esposa averiguara la sorpresa.
I was afraid my wife would find out about the surprise.
Imperfecto de subjuntivo (-se) · Same meaning as -ra; more literary
Les pedí que averiguasen el precio.
I asked them to find out the price.
Pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · Subjunctive for something that has happened
Dudo que haya averiguado algo.
I doubt he has found out anything.
Pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo · Contrary-to-fact past: "if I had..."
Si hubieras averiguado antes, no habríamos perdido el viaje.
If you had found out earlier, we wouldn't have wasted the trip.
Imperativo afirmativo · Commands: do it!
Averigua cuánto cuesta.
Find out how much it costs.
Imperativo negativo · Commands: don't do it!
Rarely used with this verb.