I will inquire about the matter after I return home.
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Inquire
//ɪnˈkwaɪə//
Synonyms for "inquire" (57 found)
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Related words (28)
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65 translations across 28 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- اِسْتَعْلَمَ verb (to ask about something)
- سأل verb (to ask about something)
- سَأَلَ verb (to ask about something)
Armenian
1 entries- հարցնել verb (to ask about something)
Basque
1 entries- iker verb (to ask about something)
Bulgarian
3 entries- интересу́вам се verb (to ask about something)
- разпи́твам verb (to ask about something)
- разпитяам verb (to make an enquiry)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 打聽 /打听 verb (to ask about something)
- 詢問 /询问 verb (to ask about something)
Esperanto
1 entries- demandi verb (to ask about something)
Finnish
4 entries- kysellä verb (to ask about something)
- kysyä verb (to ask about something)
- tiedustella verb (to ask about something)
- tiedustella verb (to make an enquiry)
French
2 entries- enquêter verb (to ask about something)
- se renseigner verb (to ask about something)
Galician
1 entries- inquirir verb (to ask about something)
German
3 entries- inquirieren verb (to ask about something)
- nachfragen verb (to ask about something)
- sich erkundigen verb (to ask about something)
Hebrew
1 entries- שָׁאַל) verb (to ask about something)
Hungarian
3 entries- kérdezősködik verb (to ask about something)
- tudakozódik verb (to ask about something)
- érdeklődik verb (to ask about something)
Irish
2 entries- fiafraigh verb (to ask about something)
- fiosraigh verb (to ask about something)
Japanese
4 entries- 問い合わせる verb (to ask about something)
- 尋ねる verb (to ask about something)
- 聞く verb (to ask about something)
- 訊く verb (to ask about something)
Latin
3 entries- sciscitor verb (to ask about something)
- scisco verb (to ask about something)
- scitor verb (to ask about something)
Māori
4 entries- pakirehua verb (to ask about something)
- pakirehua verb (to make an enquiry)
- urupounamu verb (to make an enquiry)
- whakaui verb (to make an enquiry)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- forespørre verb (to ask about something)
- spørre verb (to ask about something)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- صورمق verb (to ask about something)
- كشف ایتمك verb (to make an enquiry)
Portuguese
1 entries- inquirir verb (to ask about something)
Romanian
2 entries- cerceta verb (to ask about something)
- investiga verb (to ask about something)
Russian
2 entries- спра́шивать verb (to ask about something)
- справля́ться verb (to ask about something)
Sanskrit
1 entries- पृच्छति verb (to ask about something)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- faighnich verb (to ask about something)
- faighnich verb (to make an enquiry)
Spanish
4 entries- consultar verb (to make an enquiry)
- informarse verb (to ask about something)
- inquerir (disused) verb (to ask about something)
- inquerir (disused) verb (to make an enquiry)
Swedish
2 entries- fråga verb (to ask about something)
- höra sig för verb (to ask about something)
Telugu
2 entries- దర్యాప్తు చేయు verb (to ask about something)
- విచారించు verb (to ask about something)
Thai
1 entries- สอบถาม verb (to ask about something)
Ukrainian
2 entries- довідуватися verb (to ask about something)
- питати verb (to ask about something)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Let's inquire about our hotel reservations.
Source: tatoeba (33377)
I went to the hospital to inquire after his health.
Source: tatoeba (260540)
He had to inquire into the record of the event.
Source: tatoeba (298313)
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