/kompɾoˈβaɾ/
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Translation
to check, to verify
Word origin
From Latin comprobare, from com- (intensive) plus probare ('to test, to prove'), from probus ('good, upright').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- comprobare
- English cognates
- prove, probe
Grammar
Verb type-ar stem-changing (o>ue)
Examples
cerrada.
I am going to check whether the door is locked.
Comprueba entregarlos.
Check the results before handing them in.
comprueban .
The data prove that the theory is correct.
¿ ?
Have you verified the address on the map?
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I was able to verify for myself that it was true.
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