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.