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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

interrogador

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /in.te.ro.ɣaˈðoɾ/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Interrogator/ɪnˈtɛr.əˌɡeɪ.tər/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #8500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El interrogador buscaba inconsistencias en la coartada del acusado."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who questions someone closely, aggressively, or formally, especially as part of an official investigation or intelligence gathering.

    "The skilled interrogator managed to extract crucial information from the suspect during the lengthy interview."
  2. 2

    A device or electronic system used to transmit a signal that triggers a response from a transponder, commonly used in aviation and radar identification.

    "The radar interrogator sent an electronic pulse to identify the approaching aircraft."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin interrogator, from interrogatus, the past participle of interrogare meaning 'to question' or 'to cross-examine'. It entered the English language in the late 14th century through Old French, originally maintaining legal and judicial applications before expanding to military and general investigative contexts.

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