OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 6795

check

/t͡ʃɛk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
checar • chequear • comprobar • examinar • inspeccionar • verificar
To inspect; to examine.
Check the oil in your car once a month.
Check whether this page has a watermark.
contener • controlar • limitar
To control, limit, or halt.
Check your enthusiasm during a negotiation.
c. 1775–1780, Edmund Burke, letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol so many clogs to check and retard the headlong course of violence and oppression
comparar • comprobar • verificar
To verify or compare with a source of information.
Check your data against known values.
depositar • despachar • facturar
To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
Check your bags at the ticket counter before the flight.