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Verifiqué el efectivo del cajero.

Verifiqué el efectivo del cajero.
I verified the cash from the ATM.
From Lesson 101:Preterite spelling changes (-gué, -qué, -cé)·Spanish (Latin America)

Breakdown of Verifiqué el efectivo del cajero.

de
from / of
verificar
to verify
el efectivo
the cash
el cajero
the ATM

Questions & Answers about Verifiqué el efectivo del cajero.

Why is it spelled verifiqué instead of verificé?
The verb is verificar, which ends in -car. In the preterite past tense, the yo form changes the c to qu to keep the hard k sound. If you wrote verificé, the c would sound like an s before the e.
Does the spelling change in verifiqué happen for other pronouns too?
No, this spelling change only happens in the yo form. For other pronouns, you just use the regular past tense endings with the letter c, like verificaste for tú or verificó for él.
Does efectivo mean effective here?
It can mean effective when used as a describing word, but as a noun, el efectivo means cash or physical money.
Why does it say del cajero instead of de el cajero?
In Spanish, whenever the word de (meaning from or of) is followed directly by the masculine word el (meaning the), they must combine to form the single word del.
I thought cajero meant cashier. Can it also mean ATM?
Yes! While cajero or cajera refers to a human cashier or bank teller, it is also the everyday short way to say cajero automático, which means ATM.

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