Provjerava

Provjerava is the third-person singular present tense form of the verb provjeravati, used in Croatian, Bosnian, and Serbian to mean “he checks” or “is checking.” It is an imperfective verb, indicating an ongoing, habitual, or repeated action of checking or verifying. The related infinitive provjeravati signals a continuous or repeated process, while its perfective counterparts provjerati or provjeriti express a completed check.

The term is commonly used across formal and informal registers. In everyday language, it appears in sentences such as “On provjerava podatke” (He is checking the data) or “Ona provjerava rezultate” (She checks the results). In administrative, journalistic, or technical contexts, provjerava denotes validation, verification, or examination of information, calculations, or compliance.

The noun provjera, derived from the same root, means a check, verification, or examination, and is related in meaning to the verb forms. The pronunciation and exact usage can vary slightly by dialect, but the core sense remains the act of verifying or confirming something.

In practice, provjerava is one of the most common present-tense forms used to describe ongoing verification activities in official documents, reporting, and everyday communication. English equivalents include “checks” or “is checking.” Related verbs provjeravati and provjeriti cover the imperfective and perfective aspects of the same concept.