checar

Portuguese

Etymology

Adapted borrowing of English check +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃeˈka(ʁ)/ [ʃeˈka(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʃeˈka(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʃeˈka(ʁ)/ [ʃeˈka(χ)]
- (Caipira) 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)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	checar
Personal	checar	checares	checar	checarmos	checardes	checarem
Gerund
	checando
Past participle
Masculine	checado			checados
Feminine	checada			checadas
Indicative
Present	checo	checas	checa	checamos	checais	checam
Imperfect	checava	checavas	checava	checávamos	checáveis	checavam
Preterite	chequei	checaste	checou	checamos¹, checámos²	checastes	checaram
Pluperfect	checara	checaras	checara	checáramos	checáreis	checaram
Future	checarei	checarás	checará	checaremos	checareis	checarão
Conditional	checaria	checarias	checaria	checaríamos	checaríeis	checariam
Subjunctive
Present	cheque	cheques	cheque	chequemos	chequeis	chequem
Imperfect	checasse	checasses	checasse	checássemos	checásseis	checassem
Future	checar	checares	checar	checarmos	checardes	checarem
Imperative
Affirmative		checa	cheque	chequemos	checai	chequem
Negative (não)		não cheques	não cheque	não chequemos	não chequeis	não chequem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

checagem, check-up

Further reading

“checar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“checar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
“checar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
“checar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
“checar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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)

(Mexico) alternative form of chequear

Conjugation

Conjugation of checar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			checar
gerund			checando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		checado		checada
		plural		checados		checadas
		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	checas^{^tú} checás^{^vos}	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	cheques^{^tú} chequés^{^vos²}	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		checa^{^tú} checá^{^vos}	cheque	chequemos	checad	chequen
	negative		no cheques	no cheque	no chequemos	no chequéis	no chequen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

“checar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025