English-Portuguese translations for interrogate

• interrogar
  Os Estados Unidos precisam de interrogar aqueles indivíduos, já que essa é uma parte essencial da luta mundial contra o terrorismo. The US needs to interrogate these individuals as it is an essential part of the worldwide struggle against terrorism.
  Porque é que não fala dos serviços secretos franceses ou alemães que, ilegalmente, foram interrogar pessoas a Guantanamo? Why did you not mention the French or German secret services, who have illegally been to interrogate people in Guantanamo?
• questionar

Definition of interrogate

• to question or quiz, especially in a thorough and/or aggressive manner
• to query; to request information from
• to examine critically

Examples

• The police interrogated the suspect at some length before they let him go
• to interrogate a database

Related words

• interrogator
• interrogation
• interrogative
• interrogatory
• interrogatively
• interrogatrix
• interrogatress
• counterinterrogation
• counter-interrogate