"provare" meaning in Italian

See provare in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /proˈva.re/
Rhymes: -are Etymology: From Latin probāre. Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|probō|probāre}} Latin probāre Head templates: {{it-verb|a/ò}} provàre (first-person singular present pròvo, first-person singular past historic provài, past participle provàto, auxiliary avére) Inflection templates: {{it-conj|a/ò}} Forms: provàre [canonical], pròvo [first-person, present, singular], provài [first-person, historic, past, singular], provàto [participle, past], avére [auxiliary], no-table-tags [table-tags], provàre [infinitive], avére [auxiliary], provàndo [gerund], provànte [participle, present], provàto [participle, past], pròvo [first-person, indicative, present, singular], pròvi [indicative, present, second-person, singular], pròva [indicative, present, singular, third-person], proviàmo [first-person, indicative, plural, present], provàte [indicative, plural, present, second-person], pròvano [indicative, plural, present, third-person], provàvo [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], provàvi [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], provàva [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], provavàmo [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], provavàte [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], provàvano [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], provài [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], provàsti [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], provò [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], provàmmo [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], provàste [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], provàrono [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], proverò [first-person, future, indicative, singular], proverài [future, indicative, second-person, singular], proverà [future, indicative, singular, third-person], proverémo [first-person, future, indicative, plural], proveréte [future, indicative, plural, second-person], proverànno [future, indicative, plural, third-person], proverèi [conditional, first-person, singular], proverésti [conditional, second-person, singular], proverèbbe [conditional, singular, third-person], proverébbe [conditional, singular, third-person], proverémmo [conditional, first-person, plural], proveréste [conditional, plural, second-person], proverèbbero [conditional, plural, third-person], proverébbero [conditional, plural, third-person], pròvi [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], pròvi [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], pròvi [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], proviàmo [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], proviàte [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], pròvino [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], provàssi [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], provàssi [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], provàsse [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], provàssimo [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], provàste [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], provàssero [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], pròva [imperative, second-person, singular], pròvi [formal, imperative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], proviàmo [first-person, imperative, plural], provàte [imperative, plural, second-person], pròvino [formal, imperative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person], provàre [imperative, negative, second-person, singular], pròvi [formal, imperative, negative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], proviàmo [first-person, imperative, negative, plural], provàte [imperative, negative, plural, second-person], pròvino [formal, imperative, negative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person]
  1. (transitive) to try, to try out, to test Tags: transitive Synonyms: testare
    Sense id: en-provare-it-verb-u~kQNViy Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 13 14 11 24 19 19 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 14 16 10 23 19 18 Disambiguation of Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary: 16 14 11 20 22 17
  2. (catenative) to try, to attempt [with a (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’] Tags: catenative Synonyms: tentare
    Sense id: en-provare-it-verb-NBiJaVWW Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 13 14 11 24 19 19 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 14 16 10 23 19 18 Disambiguation of Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary: 16 14 11 20 22 17
  3. (transitive) to feel, to experience Tags: transitive Synonyms: sentire
    Sense id: en-provare-it-verb-UwzbnLA5 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 13 14 11 24 19 19 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 14 16 10 23 19 18 Disambiguation of Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary: 16 14 11 20 22 17
  4. (transitive) to prove, to demonstrate, to show Tags: transitive Synonyms: dimostrare
    Sense id: en-provare-it-verb-uAOIdWjN Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 13 14 11 24 19 19 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 14 16 10 23 19 18 Disambiguation of Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary: 16 14 11 20 22 17
  5. (transitive) to try on (clothing) Tags: transitive Synonyms: misurare
    Sense id: en-provare-it-verb-lVYvjbs9 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Italian verbs ending in -are, Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 13 14 11 24 19 19 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 14 16 10 23 19 18 Disambiguation of Italian verbs ending in -are: 18 14 11 18 24 16 Disambiguation of Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary: 16 14 11 20 22 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 18 14 14 15 25 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 14 14 15 25 14
  6. (transitive, theater) to rehearse Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-provare-it-verb-GZS4C0Cd Categories (other): Theater, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 13 14 11 24 19 19 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 14 16 10 23 19 18 Disambiguation of Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary: 16 14 11 20 22 17 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: prova, provabile, provare per credere, provarsi, provato

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prova"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "provabile"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "provare per credere"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "provarsi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "provato"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
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    }
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        "2": "la",
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        "4": "probāre"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin probāre",
      "name": "inh"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Latin probāre.",
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      "form": "provàre",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "pròvo",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "provài",
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        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "provàto",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avére",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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    },
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      "form": "avére",
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        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "provàndo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "provànte",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "provàto",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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      "form": "pròvo",
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        "present",
        "singular"
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      "form": "pròvi",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pròva",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "proviàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "provàte",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "provàva",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "provavàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "provavàte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "provài",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "provàsti",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "provò",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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      "form": "provàmmo",
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        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "provàste",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "provàrono",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "proverò",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "proverài",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "proverà",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "proverémo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "proveréte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "proverànno",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "proverèi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "proverésti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "proverèbbe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "proverébbe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "proverémmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "proveréste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "proverèbbero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "proverébbero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pròvi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pròvi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pròvi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "proviàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "proviàte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pròvino",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "provàssi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "provàssi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "provàsse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "provàssimo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "provàste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "provàssero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pròva",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pròvi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "proviàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "provàte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pròvino",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "provàre",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pròvi",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "proviàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "provàte",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pròvino",
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        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "it-verb"
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  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "pro‧và‧re"
  ],
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    {
      "parts": [
        "pro‧và‧re"
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  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "_dis": "14 16 10 23 19 18",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to try, to try out, to test"
      ],
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          "try",
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          "test"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to try, to try out, to test"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "testare"
        }
      ],
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        "transitive"
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        {
          "_dis": "14 16 10 23 19 18",
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          "english": "to try to sleep",
          "text": "provare a dormire",
          "translation": "to try to sleep",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to try, to attempt"
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        "(catenative) to try, to attempt [with a (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’]"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "tentare"
        }
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      "categories": [
        "Italian transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to try on (clothing)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "try on",
          "try on"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to try on (clothing)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "misurare"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian transitive verbs",
        "it:Theater"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to rehearse"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "theater",
          "theater"
        ],
        [
          "rehearse",
          "rehearse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, theater) to rehearse"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "theater"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/proˈva.re/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-are"
    }
  ],
  "word": "provare"
}

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