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provar

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See also: prövar

Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Catalan provar, from Latin probāre. First attested in the 12th century.[1] Compare Occitan provar, French prouver, Spanish probar.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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provar (first-person singular present provo, first-person singular preterite proví, past participle provat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

  1. to try out, to test
  2. to try to, to attempt to
  3. to prove

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ provar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Further reading

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Italian

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Verb

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provar (apocopated)

  1. Apocopic form of provare

Verb-object compound, composed of prova (to test) +‎ natura (nature).

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese provar, from Latin probāre.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: pro‧var

Verb

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provar (first-person singular present provo, first-person singular preterite provei, past participle provado)

  1. (transitive) to prove, show, to demonstrate that something is true, to give proof for
    Synonym: demonstrar
  2. (transitive) to try, try out, test
    Synonym: testar
  3. (transitive) to try, attempt, take on
    Synonym: tentar
  4. (transitive) to try on (of clothes)
    Synonym: experimentar
  5. (transitive) to taste, to try (to sample the flavour of food)
    Synonym: experimentar

Conjugation

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Swedish

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Verb

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provar

  1. present indicative of prova

Venetan

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Etymology

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From Latin probāre, present active infinitive of probō. Compare Italian provare.

Verb

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provar

  1. (transitive) to try, test

Conjugation

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  • Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
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