emprovar

From en- +‎ provar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əm.pɾuˈβa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əm.pɾoˈva]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [em.pɾoˈvaɾ]

emprovar (first-person singular present emprovo, first-person singular preterite emproví, past participle emprovat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (transitive) to try on
2. (pronominal) to try on; to fit, to have fitted
   • 1958, Mercè Rodoreda, Vint-i-dos contes:

     Han vingut a emprovar-me el vestit de núvia. Dues hores dreta.

     They came to fit my wedding dress. Two hours of standing.

• emprova
• emprovador

• “emprovar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007