próbować

Meaning

1. to try (to attempt to do or achieve something)
2. to try, to taste (to sample the flavor of something)
3. to try (to do something for the first time to experience it)
4. to try (to be a beginner in some field)
5. (obsolete) to undergo probation

Hyphenated as

pró‧bo‧wać

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pruˈbɔ.vat͡ɕ/

Etymology

From próba + -ować. First attested in the 16th century. Compare Kashubian próbòwac, Masurian próbowacz, Russian про́бовать (próbovatʹ), Silesian prōbować, Slovincian próbac, and Ukrainian про́бувати (próbuvaty).