Verificar Examples, Sentences and Quiz in Spanish

verificar means to verify, and it is a verb you will meet in everyday Spanish again and again. Verificar means to verify, and it covers verifying figures in a report, a customer's identity, the time of a meeting and the result of an experiment. It is a formal synonym of comprobar, and it is a spelling-change verb: the c becomes qu before e. This page puts verificar to work: twelve example sentences in different tenses and persons, grouped by use, then two short dialogues where the verb appears naturally, then the common mistakes to avoid, and finally a ten-question quiz with explained answers. Every Spanish form on this page comes from the verified conjugation tables for verificar, and the full tables are on the verificar conjugation page if you need to check a form.

Example sentences

Everyday uses

  1. Yo verifico los datos del informe. — I verify the figures in the report.
  2. Él verifica la identidad del cliente. — He/she verifies the customer's identity.
  3. Ayer, yo verifiqué la hora de la reunión. — Yesterday, I verified the time of the meeting.
  4. Antes, nosotros verificábamos el resultado del experimento. — Before, we used to verify the result of the experiment.

In other tenses

  1. Mañana, tú verificarás los datos del informe. — Tomorrow, you will verify the figures in the report.
  2. Yo verificaría la identidad del cliente. — I would verify the customer's identity.
  3. Él ha verificado la hora de la reunión. — He/she has verified the time of the meeting.
  4. Espero que él verifique el resultado del experimento. — I hope he/she verifies the result of the experiment.

With other people

  1. Nosotros verificamos los datos del informe. — We verify the figures in the report.
  2. Vosotros verificáis la identidad del cliente. — You all verify the customer's identity.
  3. Antes, ellos verificaban la hora de la reunión. — Before, they used to verify the time of the meeting.
  4. Mañana, él verificará el resultado del experimento. — Tomorrow, he/she will verify the result of the experiment.

Verificar in context

Two short dialogues that use verificar the way people really use it. Read them aloud — the verb forms will stick much faster in a conversation than in a table.

Dialogue 1: today and yesterday

  • Ana: "Hola, ¿qué tal?" — "Hello, how are you?"
  • Luis: "Hoy verifico los datos del informe." — "Today I verify the figures in the report."
  • Ana: "¿Y ayer?" — "And yesterday?"
  • Luis: "Ayer, verifiqué la hora de la reunión." — "Yesterday I verified the time of the meeting."
  • Ana: "¿Y mañana, tú verificarás la identidad del cliente?" — "And tomorrow, will you will verify the customer's identity?"
  • Luis: "Sí, claro. Y tú también." — "Yes, of course. And you too."

Dialogue 2: making plans

  • Marta: "Mañana, nosotros verificamos el resultado del experimento." — "Tomorrow we verify the result of the experiment."
  • Carlos: "Perfecto. Yo verificaría la identidad del cliente si tuviera más tiempo." — "Perfect. I would would verify the customer's identity if I had more time."
  • Marta: "Espero que él verifique los datos del informe." — "I hope he verifies the figures in the report."
  • Carlos: "Seguro que sí. Él ya ha verificado la hora de la reunión." — "Surely. He has already has verified the time of the meeting."
  • Marta: "Vale, nos vemos mañana." — "OK, see you tomorrow."

Notice how the same verb changes with the tense: the present for the plan, the conditional for the wish, the subjunctive after espero que, and the present perfect for what has already happened. That is the whole point of learning a verb across its tenses, not just in one form.

Common mistakes

  1. Wrong: Yo verifica los datos del informe. — Right: Yo verifico los datos del informe. — The person matters: verifica is the él/ella/Ud. form, while the yo form is verifico. Using the third-person form with yo is one of the most common beginner errors.
  2. Wrong: Yo verificé la identidad del cliente. — Right: Yo verifiqué la identidad del cliente. — In the preterite, the correct first-person form is verifiqué, not verificé. verificar is a spelling-change verb: c becomes qu before e, so the written form changes to keep the same sound. The regular-looking form is wrong.
  3. Wrong: Treating verificar and comprobar as identical in every context. — Right: Verificar means to verify, while comprobar means to check, the everyday synonym. — They overlap, but each has uses the other does not: verificar fits sentences such as Verifico los datos del informe, while comprobar belongs in a different sentence. Check the meaning you want before choosing.
  4. Wrong: Yo soy verificado la identidad del cliente. — Right: Yo he verificado la identidad del cliente. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he verificado, has verificado, ha verificado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
  5. Wrong: De niño, yo verifiqué la hora de la reunión todos los días. — Right: De niño, yo verificaba la hora de la reunión todos los días. — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (verificaba), not the preterite. The preterite (verifiqué) is for one finished action.

Quiz: test yourself

Ten questions on verificar: four on the forms, three on the meaning, and three on spotting the correct sentence. Check the answer key below.

  1. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ los datos del informe. (present tense) A. verifico B. verificas C. verifica D. verificamos

  2. Complete the sentence: Él ___ la identidad del cliente. (preterite tense) A. verifiqué B. verificaste C. verificamos D. verificó

  3. Complete the sentence: Tú ___ la hora de la reunión. (future tense) A. verificará B. verificaremos C. verificarás D. verificaré

  4. Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ el resultado del experimento. (imperfect tense) A. verificabais B. verificábamos C. verificaba D. verificabas

  5. What does "Yo verifico los datos del informe." mean in English? A. I verify the figures in the report. B. I verify the customer's identity. C. I verify the time of the meeting. D. I verify the result of the experiment.

  6. What does "Él verificó la identidad del cliente." mean in English? A. He/she verified the figures in the report. B. He/she verified the time of the meeting. C. He/she verified the result of the experiment. D. He/she verified the customer's identity.

  7. What does "Nosotros verificaremos la hora de la reunión." mean in English? A. We will verify the customer's identity. B. We will verify the result of the experiment. C. We will verify the time of the meeting. D. We will verify the figures in the report.

  8. Which sentence is correct? A. Yo verifican la identidad del cliente. B. Yo verifica la identidad del cliente. C. Yo verifico la identidad del cliente.

  9. Which sentence is correct? A. Él verifiqué la hora de la reunión. B. Él verificó la hora de la reunión. C. Él verificaron la hora de la reunión.

  10. Which sentence is correct? A. Espero que yo verifique el resultado del experimento. B. Yo verifice el resultado del experimento. C. Yo verifique el resultado del experimento.

Answer key

  1. verifico — The yo present form of verificar is verifico.
  2. verificó — The el preterite form of verificar is verificó.
  3. verificarás — The tu future form of verificar is verificarás.
  4. verificábamos — The nosotros imperfect form of verificar is verificábamos.
  5. I verify the figures in the report. — The Spanish sentence uses the present form verifico, so the English is "I verify the figures in the report." The other options use a different object or situation.
  6. He/she verified the customer's identity. — The Spanish sentence uses the preterite form verificó, so the English is "He/she verified the customer's identity." The other options use a different object or situation.
  7. We will verify the time of the meeting. — The Spanish sentence uses the future form verificaremos, so the English is "We will verify the time of the meeting." The other options use a different object or situation.
  8. Yo verifico la identidad del cliente. — The correct sentence is "Yo verifico la identidad del cliente." The other sentences use the wrong form or the wrong person for the subject.
  9. Él verificó la hora de la reunión. — The correct sentence is "Él verificó la hora de la reunión." The other sentences use the wrong form or the wrong person for the subject.
  10. Espero que yo verifique el resultado del experimento. — The correct sentence is "Espero que yo verifique el resultado del experimento." The other sentences use the wrong form or the wrong person for the subject.

Frequently asked questions

What does verificar mean, and when do I use it?

Verificar means to verify. Verificar means to verify, and it covers verifying figures in a report, a customer's identity, the time of a meeting and the result of an experiment. It is a formal synonym of comprobar, and it is a spelling-change verb: the c becomes qu before e. A good first sentence to remember is Yo verifico los datos del informe. — "I verify the figures in the report."

What is the difference between verificar and comprobar?

Verificar means to verify, while comprobar means to check, the everyday synonym. They appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use verificar when you mean to verify, as in Yo verifico la identidad del cliente., and use comprobar for to check, the everyday synonym.

How do I say "I verify" in the past?

For one finished action, use the preterite: Yo verifiqué la identidad del cliente.. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: Yo verificaba la hora de la reunión.. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: Yo he verificado la identidad del cliente..

How do I practise verificar?

Start with the verificar conjugation page for the full tables, then the verificar in the present tense page for the tense in focus, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure. Spelling change: c becomes qu before e, so the preterite is verifiqué and the subjunctive is verifique.

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