provar

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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

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

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See also

References

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

Further reading

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

 
 

  • 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

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

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