🇪🇸 Spanish

investigación

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
feminine

la investigación

research

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investigación
/la imbestiɣaˈθjon/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say investigación in Spanish?

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/la imbestiɣaˈθjon/

How do you pronounce investigación in Spanish?

investigación is pronounced /la imbestiɣaˈθjon/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La investigación científica fue muy profunda y reveló resultados inesperados.

The scientific investigation was very deep and revealed unexpected results.

Esta investigación criminal es la más importante que hemos realizado en años.

This criminal investigation is the most important one we have conducted in years.

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Why is it feminine?

Investigación is feminine because it derives from the Latin noun "investigatio," which belongs to the first declension (-tiō words) that became feminine in Romance languages; the suffix "-ción" itself consistently marks feminine nouns in Spanish, inherited from Latin feminine formations.

What is the Spanish word for research?

The Spanish word for research is la investigación — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchrecherchelafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianricercalafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesepesquisaafeminine

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