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 [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “prova”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “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/

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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.

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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

• “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