verificar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin vērificāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bə.ɾi.fiˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [və.ɾi.fiˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ve.ɾi.fiˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Hyphenation: ve‧ri‧fi‧car

Verb

verificar (first-person singular present verifico, first-person singular preterite verifiquí, past participle verificat)

1. (transitive) to verify

Conjugation

    Conjugation of verificar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

infinitive			verificar
gerund			verificant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		verificat		verificada
		plural		verificats		verificades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	verifico	verifiques	verifica	verifiquem	verifiqueu	verifiquen
	imperfect	verificava	verificaves	verificava	verificàvem	verificàveu	verificaven
	future	verificaré	verificaràs	verificarà	verificarem	verificareu	verificaran
	preterite	verifiquí	verificares	verificà	verificàrem	verificàreu	verificaren
	conditional	verificaria	verificaries	verificaria	verificaríem	verificaríeu	verificarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	verifiqui	verifiquis	verifiqui	verifiquem	verifiqueu	verifiquin
	imperfect	verifiqués	verifiquessis	verifiqués	verifiquéssim	verifiquéssiu	verifiquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	verifica	verifiqui	verifiquem	verifiqueu	verifiquin
	negative (no)	—	no verifiquis	no verifiqui	no verifiquem	no verifiqueu	no verifiquin

Derived terms

• verificable
• verificació
• verificador

Related terms

• veritat

Further reading

• “verificar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin vērificō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɾifiˈkaɾ/ [be.ɾi.fiˈkɑɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: ve‧ri‧fi‧car

Verb

verificar (first-person singular present verifico, first-person singular preterite verifiquei, past participle verificado)

1. to verify; to determine accuracy or precision; to compare against a standard

   Synonyms: confirmar, contrastar

2. to confirm the truth

   Synonym: confirmar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of verificar (c-qu alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	verificar
Personal	verificar	verificares	verificar	verificarmos	verificardes	verificaren
Gerund
	verificando
Past participle
Masculine	verificado			verificados
Feminine	verificada			verificadas
Indicative
Present	verifico	verificas	verifica	verificamos	verificades	verifican
Imperfect	verificaba	verificabas	verificaba	verificabamos	verificabades	verificaban
Preterite	verifiquei	verificaches	verificou	verificamos	verificastes	verificaron
Pluperfect	verificara	verificaras	verificara	verificaramos	verificarades	verificaran
Future	verificarei	verificarás	verificará	verificaremos	verificaredes	verificarán
Conditional	verificaría	verificarías	verificaría	verificariamos	verificariades	verificarían
Subjunctive
Present	verifique	verifiques	verifique	verifiquemos	verifiquedes	verifiquen
Imperfect	verificase	verificases	verificase	verificásemos	verificásedes	verificasen
Future	verificar	verificares	verificar	verificarmos	verificardes	verificaren
Imperative
Affirmative		verifica	verifique	verifiquemos	verificade	verifiquen
Negative (non)		non verifiques	non verifique	non verifiquemos	non verifiquedes	non verifiquen

    Reintegrated conjugation of verificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	verificar
Personal	verificar	verificares	verificar	verificarmos	verificardes	verificarem
Gerund
	verificando
Past participle
Masculine	verificado			verificados
Feminine	verificada			verificadas
Indicative
Present	verifico	verificas	verifica	verificamos	verificades, verificais	verificam
Imperfect	verificava	verificavas	verificava	verificávamos	verificávades, verificáveis, verificávais1	verificavam
Preterite	verifiquei	verificaste, verificache1	verificou	verificamos	verificastes	verificárom, verificaram
Pluperfect	verificara	verificaras	verificara	verificáramos	verificárades, verificáreis, verificárais1	verificaram
Future	verificarei	verificarás	verificará	verificaremos	verificaredes, verificareis	verificarám, verificarão
Conditional	verificaria	verificarias	verificaria	verificaríamos	verificaríades, verificaríeis, verificaríais1	verificariam
Subjunctive
Present	verifique	verifiques	verifique	verifiquemos	verifiquedes, verifiqueis	verifiquem
Imperfect	verificasse	verificasses	verificasse	verificássemos	verificássedes, verificásseis	verificassem
Future	verificar	verificares	verificar	verificarmos	verificardes	verificarem
Imperative
Affirmative		verifica	verifique	verifiquemos	verificade, verificai	verifiquem
Negative (nom)		nom verifiques	nom verifique	nom verifiquemos	nom verifiquedes, nom verifiqueis	nom verifiquem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• verificación

Occitan

Etymology

From Medieval Latin vērificō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɾifiˈka/
• Hyphenation: ve‧ri‧fi‧car

• Audio (Béarn):

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Verb

verificar

1. to verify

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		verificar			aver verificat
gerund		verificant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		verificat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	verifiqui	verificas	verifica	verificam	verificatz	verifican
	imperfect	verificavi	verificavas	verificava	verificàvem	verificàvetz	verificavan
	preterite	verifiquèri	verifiquères	verifiquèt	verifiquèrem	verifiquèretz	verifiquèron
	future	verificarai	verificaràs	verificarà	verificarem	verificaretz	verificaràn
	conditional	verificariái	verificariás	verificariá	verificariam	verificariatz	verificarián
	conditional 2nd form1	verifiquèra	verifiquèras	verifiquèra	verifiqueram	verifiqueratz	verifiquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	verifique	verifiques	verifique	verifiquem	verifiquetz	verifiquen
	imperfect	verifiquèssi	verifiquèsses	verifiquèsse	verifiquèssem	verifiquèssetz	verifiquèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			verifica		verifiquem	verificatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		verificar			aver verificat
gerund		verificant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		verificat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	verifique	verifiques	verifica	verificam	verificatz	verificon
	imperfect	verificave	verificaves	verificava	verificaviam	verificaviatz	verificavon
	preterite	verifiquere	verifiqueres	verifiquet	verifiquem	verifiquetz	verifiqueron
	future	verificarai	verificaràs	verificará	verificarem	verificaretz	verificarán
	conditional	verificariá	verificariás	verificariá	verificariam	verificariatz	verificarián
	conditional 2nd form1	verifiquèra	verifiquèras	verifiquèra	verifiqueram	verifiqueratz	verifiquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	verifique	verifiques	verifique	verificassiam	verificassiatz	verificon
	imperfect	verifiquesse	verifiquesses	verifiquesse	verifiquessiam	verifiquessiatz	verifiquesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			verifica		verificassiam	verificatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		verificar			aver verificat
gerund		verificant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		verificat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	verifiqui	verificas	verifica	verificam	verificatz	verifican
	imperfect	verificavi	verificavas	verificava	verificàvam	verificàvatz	verificavan
	preterite	verifiquèi	verifiquès	verifiquè	verifiquèm	verifiquètz	verifiquèn
	future	verificarèi	verificaràs	verificarà	verificaram	verificaratz	verificaràn
	conditional	verificarí	verificarés	verificaré	verificarem	verificaretz	verificarén
	conditional 2nd form1	verifiquèra	verifiquèras	verifiquèra	verifiqueram	verifiqueratz	verifiquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	verifiqui	verifiques	verifique	verifiquem	verifiquetz	verifiquen
	imperfect	verifiquèssi	verifiquèsses	verifiquèsse	verifiquèssem	verifiquèssetz	verifiquèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			verifica		verifiquem	verificatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		verificar			aver verificat
gerund		verificant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		verificat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	verifique	verificas	verifica	verificam	verificatz	verifican
	imperfect	verificava	verificavas	verificava	verificàvam	verificàvatz	verificavan
	preterite	verifiquei	verifiqueras	verifiquet	verifiquèram	verifiquèratz	verifiqueran
	future	verificarai	verificaràs	verificará	verificarem	verificaretz	verificarán
	conditional	verificariá	verificariàs	verificariá	verificariam	verificariatz	verificarián
	conditional 2nd form1	verifiquèra	verifiquèras	verifiquèra	verifiqueram	verifiqueratz	verifiquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	verifique	verifiques	verifique	verifiquem	verifiquetz	verifiquen
	imperfect	verifiquèsse	verifiquèsses	verifiquèsse	verifiquèssem	verifiquèssetz	verifiquèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			verifica		verifiquem	verificatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		verificar			aver verificat
gerund		verificant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		verificat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	verifique	verifiques	verifica	verificam	verificatz	verifican
	imperfect	verificavi	verificavas	verificava	verificàvem	verificàvetz	verificavan
	preterite	verifiquère	verifiquères	verifiquèt	verifiqueriam	verifiqueriatz	verifiquèron
	future	verificarai	verificaràs	verificarà	verificarem	verificaretz	verificaràn
	conditional	verificariáu	verificariás	verificariá	verificariam	verificariatz	verificarián
	conditional 2nd form1	verifiquèra	verifiquèras	verifiquèra	verifiqueram	verifiqueratz	verifiquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	verifique	verifiques	verifique	verifiquem	verifiquetz	verifican
	imperfect	verifiquèsse	verifiquèsses	verifiquèsse	verifiquessiam	verifiquessiatz	verifiquèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			verifica		verifiquem	verificatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Related terms

• verificacion

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin vērificāre. By surface analysis, vero +‎ -ificar. Doublet of averiguar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ve.ɾi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [ve.ɾi.fiˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ve.ɾi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [ve.ɾi.fiˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ve.ɾi.fiˈka(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ve.ɾi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [ve.ɾi.fiˈka(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ve.ɾi.fiˈka(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨ.ɾi.fiˈkaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨ.ɾi.fiˈkaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨ.ɾi.fiˈkaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨ.ɾi.fiˈka.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ve‧ri‧fi‧car

Verb

verificar (first-person singular present verifico, first-person singular preterite verifiquei, past participle verificado)

1. to verify
2. to observe, to occur

Conjugation

    Conjugation of verificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	verificar
Personal	verificar	verificares	verificar	verificarmos	verificardes	verificarem
Gerund
	verificando
Past participle
Masculine	verificado			verificados
Feminine	verificada			verificadas
Indicative
Present	verifico	verificas	verifica	verificamos	verificais	verificam
Imperfect	verificava	verificavas	verificava	verificávamos	verificáveis	verificavam
Preterite	verifiquei	verificaste	verificou	verificamos1, verificámos2	verificastes	verificaram
Pluperfect	verificara	verificaras	verificara	verificáramos	verificáreis	verificaram
Future	verificarei	verificarás	verificará	verificaremos	verificareis	verificarão
Conditional	verificaria	verificarias	verificaria	verificaríamos	verificaríeis	verificariam
Subjunctive
Present	verifique	verifiques	verifique	verifiquemos	verifiqueis	verifiquem
Imperfect	verificasse	verificasses	verificasse	verificássemos	verificásseis	verificassem
Future	verificar	verificares	verificar	verificarmos	verificardes	verificarem
Imperative
Affirmative		verifica	verifique	verifiquemos	verificai	verifiquem
Negative (não)		não verifiques	não verifique	não verifiquemos	não verifiqueis	não verifiquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:verificar.

Related terms

• verificação

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin vērificāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɾifiˈkaɾ/ [be.ɾi.fiˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ve‧ri‧fi‧car

Verb

verificar (first-person singular present verifico, first-person singular preterite verifiqué, past participle verificado)

1. to verify, check

   Synonyms: comprobar, confirmar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of verificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			verificar
gerund			verificando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		verificado		verificada
		plural		verificados		verificadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	verifico	verificastú verificásvos	verifica	verificamos	verificáis	verifican
	imperfect	verificaba	verificabas	verificaba	verificábamos	verificabais	verificaban
	preterite	verifiqué	verificaste	verificó	verificamos	verificasteis	verificaron
	future	verificaré	verificarás	verificará	verificaremos	verificaréis	verificarán
	conditional	verificaría	verificarías	verificaría	verificaríamos	verificaríais	verificarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	verifique	verifiquestú verifiquésvos2	verifique	verifiquemos	verifiquéis	verifiquen
	imperfect (ra)	verificara	verificaras	verificara	verificáramos	verificarais	verificaran
	imperfect (se)	verificase	verificases	verificase	verificásemos	verificaseis	verificasen
	future1	verificare	verificares	verificare	verificáremos	verificareis	verificaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		verificatú verificávos	verifique	verifiquemos	verificad	verifiquen
	negative		no verifiques	no verifique	no verifiquemos	no verifiquéis	no verifiquen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of verificar (c-qu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive verificar	dative	verificarme	verificarte	verificarle, verificarse	verificarnos	verificaros	verificarles, verificarse
	accusative	verificarme	verificarte	verificarlo, verificarla, verificarse	verificarnos	verificaros	verificarlos, verificarlas, verificarse
with gerund verificando	dative	verificándome	verificándote	verificándole, verificándose	verificándonos	verificándoos	verificándoles, verificándose
	accusative	verificándome	verificándote	verificándolo, verificándola, verificándose	verificándonos	verificándoos	verificándolos, verificándolas, verificándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative verifica	dative	verifícame	verifícate	verifícale	verifícanos	not used	verifícales
	accusative	verifícame	verifícate	verifícalo, verifícala	verifícanos	not used	verifícalos, verifícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative verificá	dative	verificame	verificate	verificale	verificanos	not used	verificales
	accusative	verificame	verificate	verificalo, verificala	verificanos	not used	verificalos, verificalas
with formal second-person singular imperative verifique	dative	verifíqueme	not used	verifíquele, verifíquese	verifíquenos	not used	verifíqueles
	accusative	verifíqueme	not used	verifíquelo, verifíquela, verifíquese	verifíquenos	not used	verifíquelos, verifíquelas
with first-person plural imperative verifiquemos	dative	not used	verifiquémoste	verifiquémosle	verifiquémonos	verifiquémoos	verifiquémosles
	accusative	not used	verifiquémoste	verifiquémoslo, verifiquémosla	verifiquémonos	verifiquémoos	verifiquémoslos, verifiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative verificad	dative	verificadme	not used	verificadle	verificadnos	verificaos	verificadles
	accusative	verificadme	not used	verificadlo, verificadla	verificadnos	verificaos	verificadlos, verificadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative verifiquen	dative	verifíquenme	not used	verifíquenle	verifíquennos	not used	verifíquenles, verifíquense
	accusative	verifíquenme	not used	verifíquenlo, verifíquenla	verifíquennos	not used	verifíquenlos, verifíquenlas, verifíquense

Derived terms

• verificable
• verificación
• verificador

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: beripika

Further reading

• “verificar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10