probar

article & verb transitive

1. To try, to examine the quality of a thing.

2. To prove (hecho, teoría), to give evidence, to justify, to make good.

3. To taste, to try by the mouth (comida).

4. With the preposition a and an infinitive mode, it signifies to attempt, to endeavor.

 

Probó a levantarse y no pudo -> he attempted to rise and could not

Prueba un poco de esto -> try a bit of this

 

verb neuter

5. To suit (sentar), to fit, to agree. (n)

(Yo pruebo, yo prueba, from Probar. V. ACORDAR.