proba

proba (plural probas)

1. (statistics) Abbreviation of probability.

• proba measure, proba space

• proa

From Latin prora, from Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prōîra).

proba f (plural probes)

1. (nautical) prow, bow (front part of a boat)

• popa

Inherited from Spanish probar (“to try”).

• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈba/, [pɾoˈba]
• Hyphenation: pro‧ba

probá

1. to taste; to try

• probat, probate

From clipping of English probation.

proba

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) probation (period of conditional employment or engagement)

Clipping of probabilité.

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.ba/

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proba f (uncountable)

1. (informal) probability theory

• prova (reintegrationist)

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾɔba/ [ˈpɾɔ.β̞ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɔba
• Hyphenation: pro‧ba

From Old Galician-Portuguese prova (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin proba.

proba f (plural probas)

1. test
2. proof
3. (law) evidence
4. sample
5. a quantity of meat that is gifted to the ones who helped during the annual slaughter of pigs

proba

1. inflection of probar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• probar

• “proba”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “prova”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “proba”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “proba”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “proba”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “proba”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɔ.ba/
• Rhymes: -ɔba
• Hyphenation: prò‧ba

proba f sg

1. feminine singular of probo

From probō.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈprɔ.ba]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈprɔː.ba]

proba f (genitive probae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) test, trial
2. proof, evidence

First-declension noun.

proba

1. inflection of probus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

probā

1. ablative feminine singular of probus

• “proba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "proba", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “proba”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

proba

1. feminine singular of probo

Borrowed from Latin probāre (19th century).

a proba (third-person singular present probează, past participle probat) 1st conjugation

1. to prove, demonstrate

   Synonyms: dovedi, stabili

2. to try, sample

   Synonym: încerca

• aproba
• probă

Borrowed from German Probe.

• IPA^(key): /prǒːba/
• Hyphenation: pro‧ba

próba f (Cyrillic spelling про́ба)

1. rehearsal
2. test, trial

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾoba/ [ˈpɾo.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -oba
• Syllabification: pro‧ba

proba

1. feminine singular of probo