🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

verificar

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ve-ri-fi-kar

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Verify/ˈvɛr.ɪ.faɪ/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Você pode verificar esta informação para mim?"

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2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To prove, establish, or test the truth or accuracy of something.

    "Please call the bank to verify your account balance."
  2. 2

    To state or assert that something is true and correct, often formally or under oath.

    "The witness was asked to verify the details of the statement."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English, originating from Old French 'verifier', which stems from Medieval Latin 'verificare' (combining Latin 'verus' meaning true, and 'facere' meaning to make). Historically evolved to mean making sure or demonstrating that something is true, accurate, or justified.

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