# verificar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin vērificāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [bə.ɾi.fiˈka]
* IPA: (Balearic) [və.ɾi.fiˈka]
* IPA: (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)
* (transitive) to verify

#### Derived terms

* verificable
* verificació
* verificador

#### Related terms

* veritat

### Further reading

* “verificar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin vērificō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* to verify; to determine accuracy or precision; to compare against a standard
    Synonyms: confirmar, contrastar
* to confirm the truth
    Synonym: confirmar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* verificación

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Medieval Latin vērificō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /beɾifiˈka/
* Hyphenation: ve‧ri‧fi‧car
* Audio (Béarn):(file)

### Verb

verificar
* to verify

#### Related terms

* verificacion

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ve.ɾi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [ve.ɾi.fiˈka(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ve.ɾi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [ve.ɾi.fiˈka(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ve.ɾi.fiˈka(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ve.ɾi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [ve.ɾi.fiˈka(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ve.ɾi.fiˈka(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /vɨ.ɾi.fiˈkaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /vɨ.ɾi.fiˈkaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /bɨ.ɾi.fiˈkaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /vɨ.ɾi.fiˈka.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: ve‧ri‧fi‧car

### Verb

verificar (first-person singular present verifico, first-person singular preterite verifiquei, past participle verificado)
* to verify
* to observe, to occur

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:verificar.

#### Related terms

* verificação

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin vērificāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* to verify, check
    Synonyms: comprobar, confirmar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### 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