# proa
## English
### Alternative forms

* parao, perahu, prahu, prau, prow

### Etymology

From Malay perau, a variant of perahu. In some forms via Portuguese parão or Dutch prauw; in some forms assimilated to prow.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈpɹəʊ.ə/
* (US) IPA: /ˈpɹoʊ.ə/
* Rhymes: -əʊə

### Noun

proa (plural proas)
* A sailing vessel found in the waters of Micronesia and Indonesia; it has a single, large outrigger and a triangular sail.
** 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XXII,
    I noticed that on the sea were numerous fantastically shaped canoes—or rather boats—like Malay proas, or the canoes used by many of the South Sea islanders.
** 2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 231:Malay ‘prahu’ or proa were said to be more than a match for British vessels.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Paro, prao, rapo, roap

## Asturian
### Noun

proa f (plural proes)
* Alternative form of proba

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin prōra, from Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prôira).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈpɾo.ə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈpɾo.a]

### Noun

proa f (plural proes)
* prow, bow (front part of a ship)
    Antonym: popa

### Further reading

* “proa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “proa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “proa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “proa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Chamorro
### Noun

proa
* a traditional sailing outrigger boat of the Chamorro
* prow, bow (front part of a ship)

## French
### Noun

proa m (plural proas)
* Alternative spelling of prao

### Further reading

* “proa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* prao

## Galician
### Etymology 1

From Latin prōra, from Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prôira).

#### Noun

proa f (plural proas)
* bow, prow (front of a boat or ship)
    Antonym: popa

#### Further reading

* “proa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

proa
* (reintegrationist norm) inflection of proer:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Ladin
### Etymology

From Latin proba.

### Noun

proa f (plural [please provide])
* test, experiment
* proof

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpru.ɒ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

proa f (plural pruas)
* bow, prow

#### Antonyms

* popa

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin prōra, from Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prôira), related to pro (“beginning, forward”). Compare Spanish proa, French proue.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpɾo.ɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpɾo.ɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈpɾo.a/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈpɾo.ɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈpɾo.ɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈpɾo(w).ɐ/
* Hyphenation: pro‧a

### Noun

proa f (plural proas)
* (nautical) bow, prow (front of a boat or ship)
    Synonym: vante
    Antonym: popa

#### Derived terms

* aproar
* figura de proa
* proeiro

### Further reading

* “prôa” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

## Sardinian
### Verb

proa
* first-person singular present subjunctive of pròere

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish proda, from Vulgar Latin *prōda, from Latin prōra (via dissimilation), borrowed from Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prôira), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-, form of *por-. Compare Italian proda.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɾoa/ [ˈpɾo.a]
* Rhymes: -oa
* Syllabification: pro‧a

### Noun

proa f (plural proas)
* (nautical) bow, prow (front of a boat or ship)
    Antonym: popa

#### Derived terms

* buena proa
* de popa a proa
* figurón de proa
* mascarón de proa
* mastelero de proa
* miras de proa
* poner la proa
* proa de violín
* viento de proa

#### Related terms

* proel (adjective, near the prow)

### References

* Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1985) “proa”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 657

### Further reading

* “proa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* prowa

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish proa, from Old Spanish proda, from Vulgar Latin *prōda, from Latin prōra, from Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prôira).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈpɾoa/ [ˈpɾoː.ɐ]
* Rhymes: -oa
* Syllabification: pro‧a

### Noun

proa (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜓᜏ) (nautical)
* prow; bow; front part of a vessel
    Synonym: duong

### Further reading

* “proa”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “prowa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018