provar

See also: prövar

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): (Central) [pɾuˈβa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾoˈva]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [pɾoˈvaɾ]

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of provar (first conjugation)

infinitive			provar
gerund			provant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		provat		provada
		plural		provats		provades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	provo	proves	prova	provem	proveu	proven
	imperfect	provava	provaves	provava	provàvem	provàveu	provaven
	future	provaré	provaràs	provarà	provarem	provareu	provaran
	preterite	proví	provares	provà	provàrem	provàreu	provaren
	conditional	provaria	provaries	provaria	provaríem	provaríeu	provarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	provi	provis	provi	provem	proveu	provin
	imperfect	provés	provessis	provés	provéssim	provéssiu	provessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	prova	provi	provem	proveu	provin
	negative (no)	—	no provis	no provi	no provem	no proveu	no provin

Derived terms

• comprovar

Related terms

• prova

See also

• intentar
• tastar

Further reading

• “provar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “provar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “provar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Italian

Verb

provar (apocopated)

1. 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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈva(ʁ)/ [pɾoˈva(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈva(ʁ)/ [pɾoˈva(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈva(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈva(ʁ)/ [pɾoˈva(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈva(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾuˈvaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾuˈvaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾuˈbaɾ/ [pɾuˈβaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾuˈva.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: pro‧var

Verb

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

    Conjugation of provar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	provar
Personal	provar	provares	provar	provarmos	provardes	provarem
Gerund
	provando
Past participle
Masculine	provado			provados
Feminine	provada			provadas
Indicative
Present	provo	provas	prova	provamos	provais	provam
Imperfect	provava	provavas	provava	provávamos	prováveis	provavam
Preterite	provei	provaste	provou	provamos1, provámos2	provastes	provaram
Pluperfect	provara	provaras	provara	prováramos	prováreis	provaram
Future	provarei	provarás	provará	provaremos	provareis	provarão
Conditional	provaria	provarias	provaria	provaríamos	provaríeis	provariam
Subjunctive
Present	prove	proves	prove	provemos	proveis	provem
Imperfect	provasse	provasses	provasse	provássemos	provásseis	provassem
Future	provar	provares	provar	provarmos	provardes	provarem
Imperative
Affirmative		prova	prove	provemos	provai	provem
Negative (não)		não proves	não prove	não provemos	não proveis	não provem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• prova
• provador

Swedish

Verb

provar

1. present indicative of prova

Venetian

Etymology

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

Verb

provar

1. (transitive) to try, test

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of provar (first conjugation)

infinitive	provar
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		provando
past participle		provà
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	provo	(te) provi	(el/ła) prova	provémo, provòn	prové	(i/łe) prova
imperfect	provava	(te) provavi	(el/ła) provava	provàvimo	provavi	(i/łe) provava
future	provarò	(te) provarè	(el/ła) provarà	provarémo	provarè	(i/łe) provarà
conditional	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	provarìa	(te) provarisi	(el/ła) provarìa	provarìsimo	provarisi	(i/łe) provarìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	prove, prova	(te) provi	(el/ła) prove, (el/ła) prova	provémo, provone	prové	(i/łe) prove, (i/łe) prova
imperfect	provase	(te) provasi	(el/ła) provase	provàsimo	provasi	(i/łe) provase
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
	—	(te) prova	(el/ła) prova, (el/ła) prove	provémo	prové	(i/łe) prova, (i/łe) prove

Related terms

• próva