check up

comprobar, verificar

Revisar una situación o visitar a alguien para asegurarse de que todo va bien.

En inglés sencillo: You look into a situation or visit someone to make sure everything is all right.

• Please check up on the children.
• She checked up on the repairs yesterday.
• Are you checking up on me again?

Cómo se usa: check up on someone/something (I called to check up on my grandmother.)

Sinónimos: check, look into

Expresiones frecuentes: check up on someone, check up on something

verificar, comprobar

Examinar información o cifras para asegurarse de que son correctas.

En inglés sencillo: You examine information or numbers to make sure they are correct.

• Please check up these figures.
• She checked up the accounts carefully.
• We need to check up the totals again.

Cómo se usa: check up something (The clerk checked up the totals before sending the bill.)

Sinónimos: verify, check

Expresiones frecuentes: check up figures, check up accounts

concordar, cuadrar

Parecer correcta una información porque coincide con otros hechos conocidos.

En inglés sencillo: Information seems correct because it agrees with other known facts.

• The numbers check up with our data.
• Her story checked up with the evidence.
• Does his account check up with yours?

Cómo se usa: check up with something (His account checks up with the records.)

Sinónimos: check out, agree

Expresiones frecuentes: check up with facts, check up with records