# comprovar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin comprobāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [kum.pɾuˈβa]
* IPA: (Balearic) [kom.pɾoˈva]
* IPA: (Valencia) [kom.pɾoˈvaɾ]

### Verb

comprovar (first-person singular present comprovo, first-person singular preterite comproví, past participle comprovat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/
* to check, to verify
    Synonym: verificar
* to find out

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | comprovar | comprovar | comprovar | comprovar | comprovar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | comprovant | comprovant | comprovant | comprovant | comprovant |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | comprovat | comprovat | comprovada | comprovada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | comprovats | comprovats | comprovades | comprovades |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| indicative | present | comprovo | comproves | comprova | comprovem | comproveu | comproven |
| indicative | imperfect | comprovava | comprovaves | comprovava | comprovàvem | comprovàveu | comprovaven |
| indicative | future | comprovaré | comprovaràs | comprovarà | comprovarem | comprovareu | comprovaran |
| indicative | preterite | comproví | comprovares | comprovà | comprovàrem | comprovàreu | comprovaren |
| indicative | conditional | comprovaria | comprovaries | comprovaria | comprovaríem | comprovaríeu | comprovarien |
| subjunctive | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| subjunctive | present | comprovi | comprovis | comprovi | comprovem | comproveu | comprovin |
| subjunctive | imperfect | comprovés | comprovessis | comprovés | comprovéssim | comprovéssiu | comprovessin |
| imperative | | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès |
| imperative | affirmative | — | comprova | comprovi | comprovem | comproveu | comprovin |
| imperative | negative (no) | — | no comprovis | no comprovi | no comprovem | no comproveu | no comprovin |

#### Derived terms

* comprovació

### Further reading

* “comprovar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “comprovar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
* “comprovar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “comprovar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin comprobāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.pɾoˈva(ʁ)/ [kõ.pɾoˈva(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.pɾoˈva(ʁ)/ [kõ.pɾoˈva(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kõ.pɾoˈva(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kõ.pɾoˈva(ʁ)/ [kõ.pɾoˈva(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kõ.pɾoˈva(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.pɾuˈvaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.pɾuˈvaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /kõ.pɾuˈbaɾ/ [kõ.pɾuˈβaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kõ.pɾuˈva.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: com‧pro‧var

### Verb

comprovar (first-person singular present comprovo, first-person singular preterite comprovei, past participle comprovado)
* to prove, confirm
    Synonyms: confirmar, verificar
* to demonstrate (that something is true)
    Synonyms: demonstrar, evidenciar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

### Further reading

* “comprovar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024