probar

From Latin probāre, present active infinitive of probō.

probar (first-person singular indicative present probo, past participle probáu)

1. to prove
2. to test
3. to taste
4. to probe

• porbar, purbar

Borrowed from Spanish probar.

• Hyphenation: pro‧bar
• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈbaɾ/, [pɾoˈbaɾ]

probár

1. to test out, to experiment
2. to refute
3. to prove

   Synonym: patotoo

4. to try, to attempt

   Synonym: balo

• provar (reintegrationist)

From Old Galician-Portuguese prouar, from Latin probāre.

• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈβaɾ/

probar (first-person singular present probo, first-person singular preterite probei, past participle probado)

1. to prove (to demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for)

   Synonym: demostrar

2. to prove (to put to the test, to make trial of)

   Synonym: comprobar

   Ata que probes non aprobes. (proverb) ― Until you prove, don't approve.

   Antes que probedes, non gabedes. (proverb) ― Before you prove, don't praise.

   • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 806:

     prouarõ tres escaleyras de fuste et acharõnas curtas; et desi atarõnas a hũa cõ a outra et deytarõnas a hũa torre

     they tried three wooden ladders but found them too short; and so they tied them together and leaned them against a tower

3. to try

• “prouar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “prou” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “probar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “probar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “probar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Borrowed from Spanish probar, from Latin probāre, present active infinitive of probō.

• IPA^(key): /proˈbar/

probar (present tense probas, past tense probis, future tense probos, imperative probez, conditional probus)

1. (transitive) to try out, to attempt, to test

   Lu probis omno sen suceso. ― He/she/it tried everything without success.

• imprimoprobar

Inherited from Old Spanish provar, from Latin probāre.

• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈbaɾ/ [pɾoˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pro‧bar

probar (first-person singular present pruebo, first-person singular preterite probé, past participle probado)

1. to prove

   No puedes probarlo. ― You can’t prove it.

2. to test, to demonstrate
3. to taste, to try

   Prueba a ver si está bueno.

   Taste it to see if it’s good.

4. to try, to try out, to sample, to test out, to give a go, to have a go

   Synonyms: tratar, intentar

   Lo probó todo sin éxito.

   He tried everything without success.

5. to check out, to probe
6. to suit

   Vivir en Madrid no le prueba.

   Living in Madrid doesn't suit her.

7. to try out (for a team)
8. (reflexive, with clothes, etc.) to try on, see if it fits

   María se probó el vestido.

   Maria tried on the dress.

9. (reflexive) to prove oneself
10. (reflexive) to be tested, to be proved, to be proven

• → Ido: probar

• “probar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014