Grammatical class

Verb

enquêter

to investigate

Details

Syllables

en-quê-ter

Phonetics

ɑ̃.ke.te

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

23047

Freq. (movies)

4831

Freq. (news)

7076

Sentences

Tom va enquêter.

Tom is going to investigate.

A1

Allons enquêter.

Let's investigate.

A1

La police a promis d'enquêter sur le sujet.

The policeman promised to investigate the matter.

A1

Nous allons immédiatement enquêter sur l'affaire.

We'll look into the case at once.

A1

Ils vont enquêter sur l'affaire.

They are going to investigate the affair.

A2

La police essaie d'enquêter sur le crime.

The police are trying to investigate the crime.

A2

La police commença à enquêter sur l'affaire de meurtre.

The police started to look into the murder case.

B1

Ils ont accepté d'enquêter sur les causes de l'incident.

They agreed to investigate the cause of the incident.

B1

Une commission a été constituée pour enquêter sur les prix.

A committee was constituted to investigate prices.

B1

Nous devons enquêter sur les abus sociaux.

We must investigate social abuses.

B2

La maire pensa qu'il devrait enquêter sur la chute des recettes fiscales.

The mayor thought that he should investigate the decline in tax revenues.

B2