provar
Portuguese, verb/pɾoˈva(ʁ)/
provar is spelled P-R-O-V-A-R (6 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,772nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Provar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to prove, show, to demonstrate that something is true, to give proof for” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “demonstrar com provas; testemunhar”.
What does provar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to prove, show, to demonstrate that something is true, to give proof for
- 2
to try, try out, test
- 3
to try, attempt, take on
- 4
to try on (of clothes)
- 5
to taste, to try (to sample the flavour of food)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. demonstrar com provas; testemunhar 2. apreciar o estado ou o sabor de; degustar 3. experimentar vestindo 4. bater-se
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of provar
- provo first-person present singular
- provei first-person preterite singular
- provado participle past
- provares infinitive second-person singular
- provarmos first-person infinitive plural
- provardes infinitive plural second-person
- provarem infinitive plural third-person
- provando gerund
- provados masculine participle past
- provada feminine participle past
- provadas feminine participle past
- provas indicative present second-person
- prova indicative present singular
- provamos first-person indicative plural
- provais indicative plural present
- provam indicative plural present
- provava first-person imperfect indicative
- provavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce provar?
- Brazil /pɾoˈva(ʁ)/
- Brazil [pɾoˈva(h)]
- /pɾoˈva(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to provar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is provar in Portuguese?
provar appears 32 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).