trobar

From Vulgar Latin *tropāre.

trobar

1. (transitive) to find

   Synonym: descobrir

2. (pronominal, transitive) to meet

   Synonym: reunir-se

3. (pronominal, intransitive) to be located

   Synonym: estar

Inherited from Old Catalan trobar. Attested in the Llibre de l'orde de cavalleria.^[1]

• IPA^(key): (Central) [tɾuˈβa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [tɾoˈba]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [tɾoˈbaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

trobar (first-person singular present trobo, first-person singular preterite trobí, past participle trobat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (transitive) to find

   Synonym: descobrir

   He trobat unes sabates molt boniques. ― I've found some very nice shoes.

2. (pronominal, transitive) to meet

   Synonym: reunir-se

   Ens trobarem demà a les vuit. ― We'll meet tomorrow at eight o'clock.

3. (pronominal, intransitive) to be located

   Synonym: ser

   La muntanya es troba aquí. ― The mountain is located here.

4. to believe, to think

   Synonym: creure

   Trobo que estàs equivocat. ― I think you're wrong.

5. to feel, to be

   Com et trobes? Et trobes bé? ― How are you? Are you okay?

• trobador

• “trobar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From Old Galician-Portuguese trobar, from Old Occitan trobar, from Vulgar Latin *tropāre. Cognate with Portuguese trovar.

trobar (first-person singular present trobo, first-person singular preterite trobei, past participle trobado)

1. to compose verses or songs

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “trobar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

• trovar
• trouvar, troubar (Mistralian spellings)

From Old Occitan trobar, from Vulgar Latin *tropāre.

• IPA^(key): /tɾuˈba/

• Audio (Béarn):

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trobar

1. (transitive) to find

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• trobador

From Old Occitan trobar, from Vulgar Latin *tropāre.

• IPA^(key): /tɾo.ˈbaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ

trobar

1. to compose verses or songs
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 1 (facsimile):

     Deſoge mais quereu trobar. pola ſennor onrrada

     From today on I wish to sing only to my honoured Lady

• trobador

• Galician: trobar
• Portuguese: trovar

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *tropāre. Attested in the Sainte Foy.^[1] Compare Old French trover.

trobar

1. to find
   • c. 1000, author unknown, Boecis:

     Nos, e molz libres, o trobam legen

     We, in many books, find through reading

• trobaire

• Occitan: trobar
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: trobar
  • Galician: trobar
  • Portuguese: trovar
• → Old Spanish: trobar
  • Spanish: trovar

Probably borrowed from Old Occitan trobar, from Vulgar Latin *tropāre.

trobar

1. to find
   • c. 1260, Gonzalo de Berceo, Milagros de Nuestra Señora:

     Nunca trobé en sieglo logar tan deleitoso

     I never found anywhere else such a delightful place

• Spanish: trovar