prova

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpɾɔ.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈpɾɔ.və]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpɾɔ.va]
• Hyphenation: pro‧va

Deverbal from provar, possibly corresponding to Late Latin proba, from Latin probō.

prova f (plural proves)

1. exam
2. test
3. proof, evidence (fact or observation presented in support of an assertion)
4. (law) evidence (anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial)

• a prova de bales

prova

1. inflection of provar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “prova” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “prova”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “prova” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “prova” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• pruova (obsolete)

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɔ.va/

• Audio (IT):

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• Rhymes: -ɔva
• Hyphenation: prò‧va

Either deverbal from provare (“to try; to test; to prove; to feel”) +‎ -a, or from Late Latin proba, from Latin probō.

prova f (plural prove)

1. trial, test, experiment

   Synonyms: verifica, esperimento

2. examination, exam, test

   Synonym: esame

3. proof, evidence
4. try, attempt, shot

   Synonyms: tentativo, sforzo

5. (sports) trial, test, event, performance
6. (theater) rehearsal
7. (poetic) the condition of having felt (something)
   • 1336–1374, Francesco Petrarca, “I — Voi ch’ascoltate in rime sparse il suono”, in Il Canzoniere, line 7; republished as Daniele Ponchiroli, editor, Turin: publ. Giulio Einaudi, 1964:

     […] ove sia chi per prova intenda amore, […]

     […] if anyone understands love by having felt it.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

prova

1. inflection of provare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• pravo

• Hyphenation: pro‧va

From Old Galician-Portuguese prova, either regressively derived from the verb provar^[1] or from Late Latin proba (“proof”),^[2] from Latin probō (“to approve; to prove”), from probus (“good”).

prova f (plural provas)

1. (education) examination; test
2. proof; evidence (fact or observation presented in support of an assertion)
3. (law) evidence (anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial)
4. proof; assertion; affirmation

   Aquelas palavras foram uma prova de seu ódio.

   Those words were an assertion of his hatred.

5. (sports) discipline (category in which a sport belongs)

   Corri a prova dos cem metros barreiras.

   I ran the hundred-meter hurdles.

6. (logic, mathematics) proof (sequence of statements which concludes with a statement that is the object of the proof)
7. (figurative) obstacle; challenge
8. the act of trying out clothes
9. degustation; tasting
10. (printing) proof (trial impression)

• (examination): avaliação, ensaio, exame, teste
• (fact or observation presented in support of an assertion): evidência, indício, resquício, sinal, testemunho, vestígio
• (legal evidence): evidência
• (assertion): afirmação, asserção, confirmação, demonstração, mostra
• (category in sports): categoria, disciplina, modalidade
• (challenge): experiência
• (degustation): degustação

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

prova

1. inflection of provar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From Latin proba. Doublet of pröva and prov. Cognate with Danish prøve, Norwegian Bokmål prøve, Norwegian Nynorsk prøve.

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: pro‧va

prova (present provar, preterite provade, supine provat, imperative prova)

1. to try, to make an attempt; to sample

• pröva

• provning

• prov
• pröva

• prova in Svensk ordbok.

From Ottoman Turkish پرووا (prova), from Italian prova.

• Hyphenation: pro‧va

prova (definite accusative provayı, plural provalar)

1. (theater) rehearsal

Inflection
Nominative	prova
Definite accusative	provayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	prova	provalar
Definite accusative	provayı	provaları
Dative	provaya	provalara
Locative	provada	provalarda
Ablative	provadan	provalardan
Genitive	provanın	provaların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular provam provalarım 2nd singular provan provaların 3rd singular provası provaları 1st plural provamız provalarımız 2nd plural provanız provalarınız 3rd plural provaları provaları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular provamı provalarımı 2nd singular provanı provalarını 3rd singular provasını provalarını 1st plural provamızı provalarımızı 2nd plural provanızı provalarınızı 3rd plural provalarını provalarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular provama provalarıma 2nd singular provana provalarına 3rd singular provasına provalarına 1st plural provamıza provalarımıza 2nd plural provanıza provalarınıza 3rd plural provalarına provalarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular provamda provalarımda 2nd singular provanda provalarında 3rd singular provasında provalarında 1st plural provamızda provalarımızda 2nd plural provanızda provalarınızda 3rd plural provalarında provalarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular provamdan provalarımdan 2nd singular provandan provalarından 3rd singular provasından provalarından 1st plural provamızdan provalarımızdan 2nd plural provanızdan provalarınızdan 3rd plural provalarından provalarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular provamın provalarımın 2nd singular provanın provalarının 3rd singular provasının provalarının 1st plural provamızın provalarımızın 2nd plural provanızın provalarınızın 3rd plural provalarının provalarının

• “prova”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “prova”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı