provar
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old Catalan provar, from Latin probāre. First attested in the 12th century. Compare Occitan provar, French prouver, Spanish probar.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [pɾuˈβa]
IPA(key): (Balearic) [pɾoˈva]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [pɾoˈvaɾ]
IPA(key): (Northwestern) [pɾoˈβa]
=== Verb ===
provar (first-person singular present provo, first-person singular preterite proví, past participle provat); root stress: (Northern) /o̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /ɔ/
to try out, to test
to try to, to attempt to
to prove
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
comprovar
==== Related terms ====
prova
==== See also ====
intentar
tastar
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
“provar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“provar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “provar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
== Italian ==
=== Verb ===
provar (apocopated)
apocopic form of provare
Verb-object compound, composed of prova (“to test”) + natura (“nature”).
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese provar, from Latin probāre.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: pro‧var
=== Verb ===
provar (first-person singular present provo, first-person singular preterite provei, past participle provado)
(transitive) to prove, show, to demonstrate that something is true, to give proof for
Synonym: demonstrar
(transitive) to try, try out, test
Synonym: testar
(transitive) to try, attempt, take on
Synonym: tentar
(transitive) to try on (of clothes)
Synonym: experimentar
(transitive) to taste, to try (to sample the flavour of food)
Synonym: experimentar
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
prova
provador
=== Further reading ===
“provar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“provar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Swedish ==
=== Verb ===
provar
present indicative of prova
== Venetan ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin probāre. Compare Italian provare.
=== Verb ===
provar
(transitive) to try, test
==== Conjugation ====
* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
==== Related terms ====
próva