comprobar

From Latin comprobāre. Compare Portuguese and Catalan comprovar.

• IPA^(key): /kompɾoˈbaɾ/ [kõm.pɾoˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: com‧pro‧bar

comprobar (first-person singular present compruebo, first-person singular preterite comprobé, past participle comprobado)

1. to check, to check on, to check out, to see, to check to see (examine)

   Me olvidé de comprobar si la hora de salida de su vuelo había cambiado o no.

   I forgot to check if her flight's departure time had changed or not.

2. to verify, to ascertain, to determine, to confirm

   Synonym: confirmar

   • 2015 November 17, Carmen Pérez-Lanzac, “Las franquicias toman el centro”, in El País‎^[1]:

     En cuanto comprobó que el negocio funcionaba corrió para que no triunfara otro en su lugar.

     As soon as he confirmed that the business worked, he rushed so another one wouldn't succeed in its place.

3. to test (the accuracy or effectiveness of something)
4. to prove, to establish (i.e. demonstrate the veracity of something)
5. to note (as in realizing)
6. (reflexive) to be checked, tested, to check out
7. (reflexive) to be found, determined

• “comprobar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28