trovar

From Esperanto trovi, from French trouver and Italian trovare.

trovar (present tense trovas, past tense trovis, future tense trovos, imperative trovez, conditional trovus)

1. to find

trovar

1. to find

• IPA^(key): /troˈvar/
• Rhymes: -ar
• Hyphenation: tro‧vàr

trovar (apocopated)

1. apocopic form of trovare

• trobar

From Old Occitan trobar, from Vulgar Latin *tropāre.

• IPA^(key): [tʀu.ˈva]

trovar

1. (transitive) to find

• trobador

From Old Galician-Portuguese trobar, borrowed from Old Occitan trobar, which was inherited from Vulgar Latin *tropāre, from Latin tropus. Cognate with Galician trobar.

• Hyphenation: tro‧var

trovar (first-person singular present trovo, first-person singular preterite trovei, past participle trovado)

1. to compose verses or songs
2. (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.

3. (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.

• poetar

• “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

Inherited from Old Spanish trobar, from Old Occitan trobar, from Vulgar Latin *tropāre.

• IPA^(key): /tɾoˈbaɾ/ [t̪ɾoˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tro‧var

trovar (first-person singular present trovo, first-person singular preterite trové, past participle trovado)

1. (transitive) to versify, write poetry about something
2. (transitive) to misconstrue (figurative use)
3. (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.

• “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