comprobar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin comprobō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kompɾoˈbaɾ/, [kõmpɾoˈβaɾ]

Verb

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

  1. to confirm, to verify
    • 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.

Conjugation
  • Rule: o becomes a ue in stressed syllables.
    Conjugation of comprobar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
infinitive comprobar
gerund comprobando
past participle masculine feminine
singular comprobado comprobada
plural comprobados comprobadas
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 compruebo compruebastú
comprobásvos		 comprueba comprobamos comprobáis comprueban
imperfect comprobaba comprobabas comprobaba comprobábamos comprobabais comprobaban
preterite comprobé comprobaste comprobó comprobamos comprobasteis comprobaron
future comprobaré comprobarás comprobará comprobaremos comprobaréis comprobarán
conditional comprobaría comprobarías comprobaría comprobaríamos comprobaríais comprobarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present compruebe compruebestú
comprobésvos2		 compruebe comprobemos comprobéis comprueben
imperfect
(ra)		 comprobara comprobaras comprobara comprobáramos comprobarais comprobaran
imperfect
(se)		 comprobase comprobases comprobase comprobásemos comprobaseis comprobasen
future1 comprobare comprobares comprobare comprobáremos comprobareis comprobaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative compruebatú
comprobávos		 compruebe comprobemos comprobad comprueben
negative no compruebes no compruebe no comprobemos no comprobéis no comprueben
  • 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
  • 2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Other verbs with this conjugation:
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        Selected combined forms of comprobaredit data

    These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    with infinitive comprobar
    dative comprobarme comprobarte comprobarle, comprobarse comprobarnos comprobaros comprobarles, comprobarse
    accusative comprobarme comprobarte comprobarlo, comprobarla, comprobarse comprobarnos comprobaros comprobarlos, comprobarlas, comprobarse
    with gerund comprobando
    dative comprobándome comprobándote comprobándole, comprobándose comprobándonos comprobándoos comprobándoles, comprobándose
    accusative comprobándome comprobándote comprobándolo, comprobándola, comprobándose comprobándonos comprobándoos comprobándolos, comprobándolas, comprobándose
    with informal second-person singular imperative comprueba
    dative compruébame compruébate compruébale compruébanos not used compruébales
    accusative compruébame compruébate compruébalo, compruébala compruébanos not used compruébalos, compruébalas
    with formal second-person singular imperative compruebe
    dative compruébeme not used compruébele, compruébese compruébenos not used compruébeles
    accusative compruébeme not used compruébelo, compruébela, compruébese compruébenos not used compruébelos, compruébelas
    with first-person plural imperative comprobemos
    dative not used comprobémoste comprobémosle comprobémonos comprobémoos comprobémosles
    accusative not used comprobémoste comprobémoslo, comprobémosla comprobémonos comprobémoos comprobémoslos, comprobémoslas
    with informal second-person plural imperative comprobad
    dative comprobadme not used comprobadle comprobadnos comprobaos comprobadles
    accusative comprobadme not used comprobadlo, comprobadla comprobadnos comprobaos comprobadlos, comprobadlas
    with formal second-person plural imperative comprueben
    dative compruébenme not used compruébenle compruébennos not used compruébenles, compruébense
    accusative compruébenme not used compruébenlo, compruébenla compruébennos not used compruébenlos, compruébenlas, compruébense

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