🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

validar

Pronunciation / Transliteration: validar

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Validate/ˈvæl.ɪ.deɪt/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El comité se encarga de validar los resultados de la investigación."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To check or prove the validity or accuracy of something.

    "The laboratory tests were conducted to validate the initial research findings."
  2. 2

    To make something officially or legally acceptable or valid.

    "You need to have the parking ticket validated at the front desk before leaving."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from medieval Latin 'validatus', the past participle of 'validare' meaning 'to make strong or valid', stemming from Latin 'validus' (strong, effective). It entered English in the early 17th century, initially carrying legal and official connotations before broadening into general usage denoting proof, ratification, or psychological recognition.

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