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validar

to validate, to confirm as valid

verb bah-lee-DAHR Rare

Origin: From Latin validare, 'to make strong'.

Also means

to authenticate

Usage Note

Validar is used in technical, legal, and everyday contexts: you validar a ticket at a machine, validar a signature on a document, or validar a hypothesis in research. Do not confuse with valorar ('to assess the value of') or avalar ('to guarantee, to endorse'). The related noun is validación and the adjective válido.

Examples

"Debes validar el billete antes de subir."

Natural Translation

You must validate the ticket before boarding.

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