trovar

== Ido == === Etymology === From Esperanto trovi, from French trouver and Italian trovare. === Verb === trovar (present tense trovas, past tense trovis, future tense trovos, imperative trovez, conditional trovus) to find ==== Conjugation ==== == Interlingua == === Verb === trovar to find ==== Conjugation ==== == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /troˈvar/ Rhymes: -ar Hyphenation: tro‧vàr === Verb === trovar (apocopated) apocopic form of trovare == Occitan == === Alternative forms === trobar === Etymology === From Old Occitan trobar, from Vulgar Latin *tropāre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [tʀu.ˈva] === Verb === trovar (transitive) to find ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== trobador == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese trobar, borrowed from Old Occitan trobar, which was inherited from Vulgar Latin *tropāre, from Latin tropus. Cognate with Galician trobar. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: tro‧var === Verb === trovar (first-person singular present trovo, first-person singular preterite trovei, past participle trovado) to compose verses or songs (Rio Grande do Sul) to flirt with Tava trovando aquela guria, mas não deu certo. ― I was flirting with that girl, but it didn't go well. (Rio Grande do Sul) to talk, to say O cara tava trovando umas coisas estranhas. ― The guy was saying some weird things. Para de trovar. ― Stop talking. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== poetar === References === “trovar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “trovar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 “trovar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “trovar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish trobar, from Old Occitan trobar, from Vulgar Latin *tropāre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɾoˈbaɾ/ [t̪ɾoˈβ̞aɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: tro‧var === Verb === trovar (first-person singular present trovo, first-person singular preterite trové, past participle trovado) (transitive) to versify, write poetry about something (transitive) to misconstrue (figurative use) (transitive, obsolete) to find, encounter, come across Synonyms: encontrar, hallar, pillar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “trovar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025