provare
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See also: provaré
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin probāre. Compare French prouver, Portuguese provar.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]provàre (first-person singular present pròvo, first-person singular past historic provài, past participle provàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to try, to try out, to test
- Synonym: testare
- (catenative) to try, to attempt [with a (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’]
- Synonym: tentare
- provare a dormire ― to try to sleep
- (transitive) to feel, to experience
- Synonym: sentire
- provare dolore ― to feel pain
- (transitive) to prove, to demonstrate, to show
- Synonym: dimostrare
- (transitive) to try on (clothing)
- Synonym: misurare
- (transitive, theater) to rehearse
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of provàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
| infinitive | provàre | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| auxiliary verb | avére | gerund | provàndo | |||
| present participle | provànte | past participle | provàto | |||
| person | singular | plural | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| indicative | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
| present | pròvo | pròvi | pròva | proviàmo | provàte | pròvano |
| imperfect | provàvo | provàvi | provàva | provavàmo | provavàte | provàvano |
| past historic | provài | provàsti | provò | provàmmo | provàste | provàrono |
| future | proverò | proverài | proverà | proverémo | proveréte | proverànno |
| conditional | proverèi | proverésti | proverèbbe, proverébbe | proverémmo | proveréste | proverèbbero, proverébbero |
| subjunctive | che io | che tu | che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa | che noi | che voi | che loro, che essi/che esse |
| present | pròvi | pròvi | pròvi | proviàmo | proviàte | pròvino |
| imperfect | provàssi | provàssi | provàsse | provàssimo | provàste | provàssero |
| imperative | — | tu | Lei | noi | voi | Loro |
| pròva | pròvi | proviàmo | provàte | pròvino | ||
| negative imperative | non provàre | non pròvi | non proviàmo | non provàte | non pròvino | |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Esperanto: provi
Anagrams
[edit]Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]provare c
- agent noun of prova
Usage notes
[edit]Normally as part of compound words.
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | provare | provares |
| definite | provaren | provarens | |
| plural | indefinite | provare | provares |
| definite | provarna | provarnas |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “provare”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
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