Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French esprover.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sproˈva.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: spro‧và‧re

Verb

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sprovàre (first-person singular present spròvo, first-person singular past historic sprovài, past participle sprovàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (obsolete, rare, intransitive) to try, to attempt
    Synonyms: provare, sperimentare, tentare

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • sprovare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana