# provo
## English
### Noun

provo (plural provos)
* Alternative letter-case form of Provo (“member of Dutch counterculture movement”)
** 1967, Joe David Brown, editor, The Hippies, New York: Time, Inc, page 22:In this respect, they lag behind Amsterdam's provos, Western Europe's hippies, who once tried to prove a point about communal property: […]

### Anagrams

* OProv

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈpɾɔ.βu]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpɾɔ.vo]

### Verb

provo
* first-person singular present indicative of provar

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈprovo]
* Rhymes: -ovo
* Hyphenation: pro‧vo

### Noun

provo (accusative singular provon, plural provoj, accusative plural provojn)
* attempt

## Finnish
### Etymology

Clipping of provokaatio or provosointi. Alternatively a back-formation from provosoida.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈproʋo/, [ˈpro̞ʋo̞]
* Rhymes: -oʋo
* Hyphenation: pro‧vo

### Noun

provo (colloquial)
* Synonym of provokaatio.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of provo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
provoni
provoni
accusative
nom.
provoni
provoni
gen.
provoni
genitive
provoni
provojeni
partitive
provoani
provojani
inessive
provossani
provoissani
elative
provostani
provoistani
illative
provooni
provoihini
adessive
provollani
provoillani
ablative
provoltani
provoiltani
allative
provolleni
provoilleni
essive
provonani
provoinani
translative
provokseni
provoikseni
abessive
provottani
provoittani
instructive
comitative
—provoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
provosi
provosi
accusative
nom.
provosi
provosi
gen.
provosi
genitive
provosi
provojesi
partitive
provoasi
provojasi
inessive
provossasi
provoissasi
elative
provostasi
provoistasi
illative
provoosi
provoihisi
adessive
provollasi
provoillasi
ablative
provoltasi
provoiltasi
allative
provollesi
provoillesi
essive
provonasi
provoinasi
translative
provoksesi
provoiksesi
abessive
provottasi
provoittasi
instructive
comitative
—provoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
provomme
provomme
accusative
nom.
provomme
provomme
gen.
provomme
genitive
provomme
provojemme
partitive
provoamme
provojamme
inessive
provossamme
provoissamme
elative
provostamme
provoistamme
illative
provoomme
provoihimme
adessive
provollamme
provoillamme
ablative
provoltamme
provoiltamme
allative
provollemme
provoillemme
essive
provonamme
provoinamme
translative
provoksemme
provoiksemme
abessive
provottamme
provoittamme
instructive
comitative
—provoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
provonne
provonne
accusative
nom.
provonne
provonne
gen.
provonne
genitive
provonne
provojenne
partitive
provoanne
provojanne
inessive
provossanne
provoissanne
elative
provostanne
provoistanne
illative
provoonne
provoihinne
adessive
provollanne
provoillanne
ablative
provoltanne
provoiltanne
allative
provollenne
provoillenne
essive
provonanne
provoinanne
translative
provoksenne
provoiksenne
abessive
provottanne
provoittanne
instructive
comitative
—provoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
provonsa
provonsa
accusative
nom.
provonsa
provonsa
gen.
provonsa
genitive
provonsa
provojensa
partitive
provoaan provoansa
provojaan provojansa
inessive
provossaan provossansa
provoissaan provoissansa
elative
provostaan provostansa
provoistaan provoistansa
illative
provoonsa
provoihinsa
adessive
provollaan provollansa
provoillaan provoillansa
ablative
provoltaan provoltansa
provoiltaan provoiltansa
allative
provolleen provollensa
provoilleen provoillensa
essive
provonaan provonansa
provoinaan provoinansa
translative
provokseen provoksensa
provoikseen provoiksensa
abessive
provottaan provottansa
provoittaan provoittansa
instructive
comitative
—provoineen provoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* provota

### Further reading

* “provo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈprɔ.vo/
* Rhymes: -ɔvo
* Hyphenation: prò‧vo

### Verb

provo
* first-person singular present indicative of provare

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpɾɔ.vu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpɾɔ.vu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈpɾɔ.vo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈpɾɔ.vu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈpɾɔ.vu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈpɾɔ.bu/ [ˈpɾɔ.βu]
* Rhymes: -ɔvu, (Northern Portugal) -ɔbu
* Hyphenation: pro‧vo

### Verb

provo
* first-person singular present indicative of provar