validar

Senses

1. 1.

   to validate

   to confirm or verify the validity or accuracy of something

2. 2.

   to legitimate, to make valid

   to make something legally or officially acceptable

3. 3.

   to validate (someone's feelings)

   to recognize and affirm someone's emotions or experiences as reasonable

Examples

• "Precisamos validar os dados antes de enviar o relatório."

  We need to validate the data before sending the report.

• "O aplicativo pede para validar seu e-mail."

  The app asks you to validate your email.

• "É importante validar os sentimentos das crianças."

  It's important to validate children's feelings.

Usage

Common in both technical contexts (IT, business) and everyday speech. Frequently used with: dados (data), informações (information), documento (document), senha (password), sentimentos (feelings). In psychology/self-help contexts, it's increasingly used in the emotional sense of acknowledging someone's feelings.