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"to check, verify" in seven languages

Meaningto check, verify

Spanish

comprobar

/kompɾoˈbaɾ/

other source · Latin COMPROBĀRE 'to approve, confirm'

Verificar is used too, more formally.

French

vérifier

/veʁifje/

learned

Italian

controllare

/kontrolˈlare/

other source · French contrôler, from contre-rôle 'duplicate register'

Verificare is used too, more formally.

Portuguese

verificar

/veɾifiˈkah/

learned

Conferir is just as common in Brazil.

Romanian

verifica

/verifiˈka/

learned

Catalan

comprovar

/kumpɾuˈba/

other source · Latin COMPROBĀRE 'to approve, confirm'

English

check

/tʃɛk/

other source · Old French eschec 'check (in chess)', from Persian shāh 'king'

English → Italianto check, verifycontrollareNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: verify, verification.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

VĒRIFICĀRE‘to make true (Medieval Latin)’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

Italian controllare and French contrôler come from a clerk's 'counter-roll', a second register kept to check the first. English check began as a chess move: the king (shah) is attacked.

English relatives: verify, verification

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In a sentence

  • esComprueba la dirección antes de salir.
  • frVérifie l'adresse avant de partir.
  • itControlla l'indirizzo prima di uscire.
  • ptVerifique o endereço antes de sair.
  • roVerifică adresa înainte să pleci.
  • caComprova l'adreça abans de sortir.
  • enCheck the address before you leave.

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