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
Conjugation of trovar
 | present | past | future | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | trovar | trovir | trovor | ||||
| tense | trovas | trovis | trovos | ||||
| conditional | trovus | ||||||
| imperative | trovez | ||||||
| adjective active participle | trovanta | trovinta | trovonta | ||||
| adverbial active participle | trovante | trovinte | trovonte | ||||
| nominal active participle | singular | trovanto | trovinto | trovonto | |||
| plural | trovanti | trovinti | trovonti | ||||
| adjective passive participle | trovata | trovita | trovota | ||||
| adverbial passive participle | trovate | trovite | trovote | ||||
| nominal passive participle | singular | trovato | trovito | trovoto | |||
| plural | trovati | troviti | trovoti | ||||
Interlingua
Verb
trovar
- to find
Conjugation
Conjugation of trovar
| infinitive | trovar | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| participle | present | perfect | |
| trovante | trovate | ||
| active | simple | perfect | |
| present | trova | ha trovate | |
| past | trovava | habeva trovate | |
| future | trovara | habera trovate | |
| conditional | trovarea | haberea trovate | |
| imperative | trova | ||
| passive | simple | perfect | |
| present | es trovate | ha essite trovate | |
| past | esseva trovate | habeva essite trovate | |
| future | essera trovate | habera essite trovate | |
| conditional | esserea trovate | haberea essite trovate | |
| imperative | sia trovate | ||
Italian
Verb
trovar (apocopated)
- Apocopic form of trovare
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese trobar, borrowed from Old Occitan trobar, which was inherited from Vulgar Latin *tropāre, from Latin tropus. Cognate with Galician trobar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /tɾoˈva(ʁ)/ [tɾoˈva(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /tɾoˈva(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /tɾoˈva(ʁ)/ [tɾoˈva(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /tɾoˈva(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɾuˈvaɾ/
- Hyphenation: tro‧var
Verb
trovar (first-person singular present trovo, first-person singular preterite trovei, past participle trovado)
- to compose verses or songs
- inflection of trovar:
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive
- first/third-person singular personal infinitive
Conjugation
Conjugation of trovar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | trovar | |||||
| Personal | trovar | trovares | trovar | trovarmos | trovardes | trovarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| trovando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | trovado | trovados | ||||
| Feminine | trovada | trovadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | trovo | trovas | trova | trovamos | trovais | trovam |
| Imperfect | trovava | trovavas | trovava | trovávamos | trováveis | trovavam |
| Preterite | trovei | trovaste | trovou | trovamos1, trovámos2 | trovastes | trovaram |
| Pluperfect | trovara | trovaras | trovara | trováramos | trováreis | trovaram |
| Future | trovarei | trovarás | trovará | trovaremos | trovareis | trovarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| trovaria | trovarias | trovaria | trovaríamos | trovaríeis | trovariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | trove | troves | trove | trovemos | troveis | trovem |
| Imperfect | trovasse | trovasses | trovasse | trovássemos | trovásseis | trovassem |
| Future | trovar | trovares | trovar | trovarmos | trovardes | trovarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | trova | trove | trovemos | trovai | trovem | |
| Negative (não) | não troves | não trove | não trovemos | não troveis | não trovem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Synonyms
- poetar
References
- “trovar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
- “trovar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- “trovar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish
Etymology
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
- ca. 1793-7, Leandro Fernández de Moratín, Viaje a Italia :
- Una dama que se halla a pie y sola en medio de un bosque quisiera trovar un comodo para volverse a la ciudad, esto es, una proporción de carruage que pueda conducirla.
- A lady who finds herself on foot and alone in the middle of a forest would like to find a couch with which to go back to the city, that is, any type of carriage that will drive her there.
- Una dama que se halla a pie y sola en medio de un bosque quisiera trovar un comodo para volverse a la ciudad, esto es, una proporción de carruage que pueda conducirla.
Conjugation
Conjugation of trovar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | trovar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | trovando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | trovado | trovada | |||||
| plural | trovados | trovadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | trovo | trovastú trovásvos | trova | trovamos | trováis | trovan | |
| imperfect | trovaba | trovabas | trovaba | trovábamos | trovabais | trovaban | |
| preterite | trové | trovaste | trovó | trovamos | trovasteis | trovaron | |
| future | trovaré | trovarás | trovará | trovaremos | trovaréis | trovarán | |
| conditional | trovaría | trovarías | trovaría | trovaríamos | trovaríais | trovarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | trove | trovestú trovésvos2 | trove | trovemos | trovéis | troven | |
| imperfect (ra) | trovara | trovaras | trovara | trováramos | trovarais | trovaran | |
| imperfect (se) | trovase | trovases | trovase | trovásemos | trovaseis | trovasen | |
| future1 | trovare | trovares | trovare | trováremos | trovareis | trovaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | trovatú trovávos | trove | trovemos | trovad | troven | ||
| negative | no troves | no trove | no trovemos | no trovéis | no troven | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of trovar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive trovar | |||||||
| dative | trovarme | trovarte | trovarle, trovarse | trovarnos | trovaros | trovarles, trovarse | |
| accusative | trovarme | trovarte | trovarlo, trovarla, trovarse | trovarnos | trovaros | trovarlos, trovarlas, trovarse | |
| with gerund trovando | |||||||
| dative | trovándome | trovándote | trovándole, trovándose | trovándonos | trovándoos | trovándoles, trovándose | |
| accusative | trovándome | trovándote | trovándolo, trovándola, trovándose | trovándonos | trovándoos | trovándolos, trovándolas, trovándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative trova | |||||||
| dative | tróvame | tróvate | tróvale | tróvanos | not used | tróvales | |
| accusative | tróvame | tróvate | tróvalo, tróvala | tróvanos | not used | tróvalos, tróvalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative trová | |||||||
| dative | trovame | trovate | trovale | trovanos | not used | trovales | |
| accusative | trovame | trovate | trovalo, trovala | trovanos | not used | trovalos, trovalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative trove | |||||||
| dative | tróveme | not used | tróvele, tróvese | tróvenos | not used | tróveles | |
| accusative | tróveme | not used | tróvelo, tróvela, tróvese | tróvenos | not used | tróvelos, tróvelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative trovemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | trovémoste | trovémosle | trovémonos | trovémoos | trovémosles | |
| accusative | not used | trovémoste | trovémoslo, trovémosla | trovémonos | trovémoos | trovémoslos, trovémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative trovad | |||||||
| dative | trovadme | not used | trovadle | trovadnos | trovaos | trovadles | |
| accusative | trovadme | not used | trovadlo, trovadla | trovadnos | trovaos | trovadlos, trovadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative troven | |||||||
| dative | tróvenme | not used | tróvenle | tróvennos | not used | tróvenles, tróvense | |
| accusative | tróvenme | not used | tróvenlo, tróvenla | tróvennos | not used | tróvenlos, tróvenlas, tróvense | |
Derived terms
- trova
Further reading
- “trovar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014