averiguar
verbo:transitivo
to find out; establish; (formal) debemos averiguar cuándo llega el tren we must find out when the train arrives; averigua cuál es su hermano find out who the brother is
nunca averiguaron quién era el asesino they never found out established discovered who the killer was;o (formal)o averiguar la solución to find out the answer; ya han averiguado la identidad del padre they have found out established discovered the identity of the father;o (formal)o
averiguar las causas de un problema to find out establish the causes of a problem;o (formal)
un estudio para averiguar el alcance de la tragedia a study to find out establish the extent of the tragedy;o (formal) han averiguado que el presidente malversaba fondos it has been established discovered that the president was embezzling funds;o —¿quién ha roto el vaso? —¡averigua! "who broke the glass?" — "who knows!"
verbo:pronominal
averiguarse especialmente (México)(also averiguárselas) to manage; get by yo me (las) averiguo muy bien solo I manage get by very well on my own;o yo me (las) averiguo con poco dinero I get by manage without much money;o ya me (las) averiguaré por mi cuenta I'll manage get by on my own;o averíguate(las) como puedas you'll have to manage as best you can; averíguate(las) con lo que tengas make do with what you've got; ya me las averiguaré para llegar a Barcelona I'll find a way of getting to Barcelona somehow
averiguarse averiguárselas con algn: tú olvídate, ya me (las) averiguaré yo con élo don't worry about it, I'll sort it out with him; averiguarse averiguárselas bien con algno to get on (well) with sb; ellos dos se las averiguan bien the two of them get on well (together)
