provar

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

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈva/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /pɾuˈba/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈvaɾ/

provar (first-person singular present provo, past participle provat)

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

• comprovar

• prova

• intentar
• tastar

• “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.

provar (apocopated)

1. Apocopic form of provare

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

Inherited from Old Portuguese provar, from Latin probāre.

• Hyphenation: pro‧var

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

1. to prove (to demonstrate that something is true; to give proof for)
2. to taste, to try (to sample the flavour of food)

• prova

provar

1. present tense of prova.

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

provar

1. (transitive) to try, test

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

• próva