corroborar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin corrōborāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ku.ru.βuˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ko.ro.boˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ko.ro.boˈɾaɾ]

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Verb

corroborar (first-person singular present corroboro, first-person singular preterite corroborí, past participle corroborat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. to corroborate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of corroborar (first conjugation)

infinitive			corroborar
gerund			corroborant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		corroborat		corroborada
		plural		corroborats		corroborades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	corroboro	corrobores	corrobora	corroborem	corroboreu	corroboren
	imperfect	corroborava	corroboraves	corroborava	corroboràvem	corroboràveu	corroboraven
	future	corroboraré	corroboraràs	corroborarà	corroborarem	corroborareu	corroboraran
	preterite	corroborí	corroborares	corroborà	corroboràrem	corroboràreu	corroboraren
	conditional	corroboraria	corroboraries	corroboraria	corroboraríem	corroboraríeu	corroborarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	corrobori	corroboris	corrobori	corroborem	corroboreu	corroborin
	imperfect	corroborés	corroboressis	corroborés	corroboréssim	corroboréssiu	corroboressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	corrobora	corrobori	corroborem	corroboreu	corroborin
	negative (no)	—	no corroboris	no corrobori	no corroborem	no corroboreu	no corroborin

Related terms

• corroboració

Further reading

• “corroborar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “corroborar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “corroborar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “corroborar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin corrōborāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.ʁo.boˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ko.ho.boˈɾa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.ʁo.boˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ko.ho.boˈɾa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ko.ʁo.boˈɾa(ɾ)/ [ko.ho.boˈɾa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ko.ʁo.boˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ko.χo.boˈɾa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.ʁo.boˈɾa(ɻ)/ [ko.ho.boˈɾa(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.ʁu.buˈɾaɾ/ [ku.ʁu.βuˈɾaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.ʁu.buˈɾaɾ/ [ku.ʁu.βuˈɾaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.ʁu.buˈɾa.ɾi/ [ku.ʁu.βuˈɾa.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: cor‧ro‧bo‧rar

Verb

corroborar (first-person singular present corroboro, first-person singular preterite corroborei, past participle corroborado)

1. (transitive) to corroborate (to confirm or support with additional evidence)

   Synonym: confirmar

   Antonym: contrariar

   A afirmação em questão corrobora a versão dada pelo réu.

   The statement in question corroborates the version given by the defendant.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of corroborar (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	corroborar
Personal	corroborar	corroborares	corroborar	corroborarmos	corroborardes	corroborarem
Gerund
	corroborando
Past participle
Masculine	corroborado			corroborados
Feminine	corroborada			corroboradas
Indicative
Present	corroboro	corroboras	corrobora	corroboramos	corroborais	corroboram
Imperfect	corroborava	corroboravas	corroborava	corroborávamos	corroboráveis	corroboravam
Preterite	corroborei	corroboraste	corroborou	corroboramos1, corroborámos2	corroborastes	corroboraram
Pluperfect	corroborara	corroboraras	corroborara	corroboráramos	corroboráreis	corroboraram
Future	corroborarei	corroborarás	corroborará	corroboraremos	corroborareis	corroborarão
Conditional	corroboraria	corroborarias	corroboraria	corroboraríamos	corroboraríeis	corroborariam
Subjunctive
Present	corrobore	corrobores	corrobore	corroboremos	corroboreis	corroborem
Imperfect	corroborasse	corroborasses	corroborasse	corroborássemos	corroborásseis	corroborassem
Future	corroborar	corroborares	corroborar	corroborarmos	corroborardes	corroborarem
Imperative
Affirmative		corrobora	corrobore	corroboremos	corroborai	corroborem
Negative (não)		não corrobores	não corrobore	não corroboremos	não corroboreis	não corroborem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “corroborar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “corroborar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin corrōborāre (“strengthen; corroborate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koroboˈɾaɾ/ [ko.ro.β̞oˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: co‧rro‧bo‧rar

Verb

corroborar (first-person singular present corroboro, first-person singular preterite corroboré, past participle corroborado)

1. to corroborate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of corroborar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			corroborar
gerund			corroborando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		corroborado		corroborada
		plural		corroborados		corroboradas
		singular			plural
		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	corroboro	corroborastú corroborásvos	corrobora	corroboramos	corroboráis	corroboran
	imperfect	corroboraba	corroborabas	corroboraba	corroborábamos	corroborabais	corroboraban
	preterite	corroboré	corroboraste	corroboró	corroboramos	corroborasteis	corroboraron
	future	corroboraré	corroborarás	corroborará	corroboraremos	corroboraréis	corroborarán
	conditional	corroboraría	corroborarías	corroboraría	corroboraríamos	corroboraríais	corroborarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	corrobore	corroborestú corroborésvos2	corrobore	corroboremos	corroboréis	corroboren
	imperfect (ra)	corroborara	corroboraras	corroborara	corroboráramos	corroborarais	corroboraran
	imperfect (se)	corroborase	corroborases	corroborase	corroborásemos	corroboraseis	corroborasen
	future1	corroborare	corroborares	corroborare	corroboráremos	corroborareis	corroboraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		corroboratú corroborávos	corrobore	corroboremos	corroborad	corroboren
	negative		no corrobores	no corrobore	no corroboremos	no corroboréis	no corroboren

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

    Selected combined forms of corroborar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive corroborar	dative	corroborarme	corroborarte	corroborarle, corroborarse	corroborarnos	corroboraros	corroborarles, corroborarse
	accusative	corroborarme	corroborarte	corroborarlo, corroborarla, corroborarse	corroborarnos	corroboraros	corroborarlos, corroborarlas, corroborarse
with gerund corroborando	dative	corroborándome	corroborándote	corroborándole, corroborándose	corroborándonos	corroborándoos	corroborándoles, corroborándose
	accusative	corroborándome	corroborándote	corroborándolo, corroborándola, corroborándose	corroborándonos	corroborándoos	corroborándolos, corroborándolas, corroborándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative corrobora	dative	corrobórame	corrobórate	corrobórale	corrobóranos	not used	corrobórales
	accusative	corrobórame	corrobórate	corrobóralo, corrobórala	corrobóranos	not used	corrobóralos, corrobóralas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative corroborá	dative	corroborame	corroborate	corroborale	corroboranos	not used	corroborales
	accusative	corroborame	corroborate	corroboralo, corroborala	corroboranos	not used	corroboralos, corroboralas
with formal second-person singular imperative corrobore	dative	corrobóreme	not used	corrobórele, corrobórese	corrobórenos	not used	corrobóreles
	accusative	corrobóreme	not used	corrobórelo, corrobórela, corrobórese	corrobórenos	not used	corrobórelos, corrobórelas
with first-person plural imperative corroboremos	dative	not used	corroborémoste	corroborémosle	corroborémonos	corroborémoos	corroborémosles
	accusative	not used	corroborémoste	corroborémoslo, corroborémosla	corroborémonos	corroborémoos	corroborémoslos, corroborémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative corroborad	dative	corroboradme	not used	corroboradle	corroboradnos	corroboraos	corroboradles
	accusative	corroboradme	not used	corroboradlo, corroboradla	corroboradnos	corroboraos	corroboradlos, corroboradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative corroboren	dative	corrobórenme	not used	corrobórenle	corrobórennos	not used	corrobórenles, corrobórense
	accusative	corrobórenme	not used	corrobórenlo, corrobórenla	corrobórennos	not used	corrobórenlos, corrobórenlas, corrobórense

Related terms

• corroboración
• roble
• robusto

Further reading

• “corroborar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024