checar
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃeˈka(ʁ)/ [ʃeˈka(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʃeˈka(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʃeˈka(ʁ)/ [ʃeˈka(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃeˈka(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʃɛˈkaɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɛˈkaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʃɛˈka.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: che‧car
Verb
checar (first-person singular present checo, first-person singular preterite chequei, past participle checado)
- (transitive, Brazil) to check (inspect, examine)
- Synonyms: conferir, verificar, aferir, fiscalizar, averiguar, inspecionar, examinar
Conjugation
Conjugation of checar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
Further reading
- “checar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “checar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “checar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “checar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “checar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃeˈkaɾ/ [t͡ʃeˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: che‧car
Verb
checar (first-person singular present checo, first-person singular preterite chequé, past participle checado)
Conjugation
Conjugation of checar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | checar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | checando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | checado | checada | |||||
| plural | checados | checadas | |||||
| 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 | checo | checastú checásvos |
checa | checamos | checáis | checan | |
| imperfect | checaba | checabas | checaba | checábamos | checabais | checaban | |
| preterite | chequé | checaste | checó | checamos | checasteis | checaron | |
| future | checaré | checarás | checará | checaremos | checaréis | checarán | |
| conditional | checaría | checarías | checaría | checaríamos | checaríais | checarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | cheque | chequestú chequésvos2 |
cheque | chequemos | chequéis | chequen | |
| imperfect (ra) |
checara | checaras | checara | checáramos | checarais | checaran | |
| imperfect (se) |
checase | checases | checase | checásemos | checaseis | checasen | |
| future1 | checare | checares | checare | checáremos | checareis | checaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | checatú checávos |
cheque | chequemos | checad | chequen | ||
| negative | no cheques | no cheque | no chequemos | no chequéis | no chequen | ||
Further reading
- “checar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024