Se o provador estiver livre, eu vou experimentar a blusa agora.

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Breakdown of Se o provador estiver livre, eu vou experimentar a blusa agora.

• estar: to be
• agora: now
• ir: to go (future auxiliary)

Questions & Answers about Se o provador estiver livre, eu vou experimentar a blusa agora.

Why is it estiver and not está?

Because after se meaning if, Portuguese often uses the future subjunctive when the condition refers to a future possibility.

So:

• Se o provador está livre sounds wrong for this meaning.
• Se o provador estiver livre = If the fitting room is available

This is a very common pattern in Portuguese:

• Se eu tiver tempo... = If I have time...
• Se ela puder vir... = If she can come...
• Se o provador estiver livre... = If the fitting room is free...

English does not have a special verb form here, but Portuguese does.

What does provador mean here?

Provador means fitting room, changing room, or dressing room in a store.

In Brazil, if you are trying on clothes in a shop, provador is the normal word for the place where you do that.

It comes from the verb provar, which can mean to try on clothing.

Does livre mean free as in not costing money?