averiguar
transitive verb
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 o (formal) established o discovered who the killer was; averiguar la solución to find out the answer; ya han averiguado la identidad del padre they have found out o (formal) established o discovered the identity of the father
averiguar las causas de un problema to find out o (formal) establish the causes of a problem
un estudio para averiguar el alcance de la tragedia a study to find out o (formal) establish the extent of the tragedy; han averiguado que el presidente malversaba fondos it has been established o discovered that the president was embezzling funds; —¿quién ha roto el vaso? —¡averigua! "who broke the glass?" — "who knows!"
pronominal verb
averiguarse especialmente (México)(also averiguárselas) to manage; get by yo me (las) averiguo muy bien solo I manage o get by very well on my own; yo me (las) averiguo con poco dinero I get by o manage without much money; ya me (las) averiguaré por mi cuenta I'll manage o get by on my own; 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 o averiguárselas con algn: tú olvídate, ya me (las) averiguaré yo con él don't worry about it, I'll sort it out with him; averiguarse o averiguárselas bien con algn to get on (well) with sb; ellos dos se las averiguan bien the two of them get on well (together)