Why registrar here?

Question

Tenías que entrar en mi habitación y registrar mi diario. "Era para ver, sólo para ver", si, todas las cosas que sabías que escribí sobre ti.

In English,

You had to sneak into my room just to read my diary. It was just to see, just to see, all the things you knew I'd written about you.

Registrar not leer? Is it because leer doesn't involve "looking through"? I have only seen registrar as register etc... but I see our dictinoary says "to search" is that "to search through". Would buscar work?

Gracias

Answer 1

Right Jeezle! it means to search through.

Like "registrar la cartera, registrar los bolsillos or registrar el escritorio".

And you can say "I am looking for a job" (estoy buscando empleo -or trabajo-)

But you can't say "estoy registrado empleo" right? Because you are not searching through a job? but you could search through a newspaper for a job? - jeezzle, Dec 29, 2011

Right Jeezzle! - 00a4c226, Dec 29, 2011

Think of it as "nose through". - Gekkosan, Dec 30, 2011

Answer 2

Registrar in this case means "revisar"

Asi que examinar, revisar, comprobar, chequear, registrar - todos funcionan aqui? Gracias. - jeezzle, Dec 29, 2011

all but comprobar. Can you tell me why? - chileno, Dec 29, 2011

I wish I could but I thought comprobar and revisar were the same. - jeezzle, Dec 29, 2011

hmmm comprobar=verify revisar = to search/check - chileno, Dec 29, 2011

Answer 3

I looked in the dictionary and it said that registrar can mean:

1. To inspect, to search (equipaje, lugar, persona).
2. To investigate, to examine, to control.
3. To register (anotar), to record.
4. To put slips of paper between the leaves of a book.

It would appear here that it means something like: to examine. Hope it helps!