prueba

/ˈpɾweba/ · A1 · noun · f

an examination, test, or quiz

📝 prueba = probe + prove: you probe a thing to prove it

From probar (to test, to try), Latin probare, the same root as English prove, probe and probation. A prueba is whatever does the proving: the exam, the trial run, or the evidence itself.

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