comprobar
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin comprobō. Compare Portuguese and Catalan comprovar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kompɾoˈbaɾ/ [kõm.pɾoˈβ̞aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: com‧pro‧bar
Verb
comprobar (first-person singular present compruebo, first-person singular preterite comprobé, past participle comprobado)
- 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.
- to verify, to ascertain, to determine, to confirm
- Synonym: confirmar
- 2015 November 17, Carmen Pérez-Lanzac, “Las franquicias toman el centro”, in El País:
- 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.
- to test (the accuracy or effectiveness of something)
- to prove, to establish (i.e. demonstrate the veracity of something)
- to note (as in realizing)
- (reflexive) to be checked, tested, to check out
- (reflexive) to be found, determined
Conjugation
Conjugation of comprobar (o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | |||||||
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gerund | |||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | |||||||
plural | |||||||
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 | vos | tú||||||
imperfect | |||||||
preterite | |||||||
future | |||||||
conditional | |||||||
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | vos2 | tú||||||
imperfect (ra) | |||||||
imperfect (se) | |||||||
future1 | |||||||
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | vos | tú||||||
negative | no compruebes | no compruebe | no comprobemos | no comprobéis | no comprueben |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of comprobar (o-ue alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive | |||||||
dative | , | , | |||||
accusative | , , | , , | |||||
with gerund | |||||||
dative | , | , | |||||
accusative | , , | , , | |||||
with informal second-person singular tú imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | ||||||
accusative | , | not used | , | ||||
with informal second-person singular vos imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | ||||||
accusative | , | not used | , | ||||
with formal second-person singular imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | , | not used | ||||
accusative | not used | , , | not used | , | |||
with first-person plural imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | ||||||
accusative | not used | , | , | ||||
with informal second-person plural imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | ||||||
accusative | not used | , | , | ||||
with formal second-person plural imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | not used | , | ||||
accusative | not used | , | not used | , , |
Derived terms
- comprobar hacia fuera (“to check out”) (used for stories and alibis)
- volver a comprobar (“to double-check, to recheck”)
Related terms
- comprobación
- probar
Further reading
- “comprobar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014