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prova.

examination; test

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpɾɔ.vɐ/Brazil/ˈpɾɔ.vɐ/Portugal/ˈpɾɔ.bɐ/Northern, Portugal[ˈpɾɔ.βɐ]Northern, Portugal
  1. examination; test

    feminine
  2. proof; evidence (fact or observation presented in support of an assertion)

    feminine
  3. evidence (anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial)

    feminine
  4. proof; assertion; affirmation

    feminine
    Aquelas palavras foram uma prova de seu ódio.
  5. A sports competition (especially individual); a race

    feminine
    Corri a prova dos cem metros barreiras.
  6. proof (sequence of statements which concludes with a statement that is the object of the proof)

    feminine
  7. obstacle; challenge

    feminine · figuratively
  8. the act of trying out clothes

    feminine
  9. degustation; tasting

    feminine
  10. proof (trial impression)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese prova, either regressively derived from the verb provar or from Late Latin proba (“proof”), from Latin probō (“to approve; to prove”), from probus (“good”).

verb/ˈpɾɔ.vɐ/Brazil/ˈpɾɔ.vɐ/Portugal/ˈpɾɔ.bɐ/Northern, Portugal[ˈpɾɔ.βɐ]Northern, Portugal
  1. inflection of provar: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of provar: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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