# 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

| infinitive | infinitive | trovar | trovar |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | trovante | trovate |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | trova | ha trovate |
| active | past | trovava | habeva trovate |
| active | future | trovara | habera trovate |
| active | conditional | trovarea | haberea trovate |
| active | imperative | trova | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es trovate | ha essite trovate |
| passive | past | esseva trovate | habeva essite trovate |
| passive | future | essera trovate | habera essite trovate |
| passive | conditional | esserea trovate | haberea essite trovate |
| passive | imperative | sia trovate | |

## Italian
### Verb

trovar (apocopated)
* Apocopic form of trovare

## 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

* (Brazil) IPA: /tɾoˈva(ʁ)/ [tɾoˈva(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /tɾoˈva(ʁ)/ [tɾoˈva(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /tɾoˈva(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /tɾoˈva(ʁ)/ [tɾoˈva(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /tɾoˈva(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɾuˈvaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɾuˈvaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /tɾuˈbaɾ/ [tɾuˈβaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /tɾuˈva.ɾi/
* 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.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Synonyms

* poetar

### References

* “trovar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* “trovar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* 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: /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.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* trova

### Further reading

* “trovar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10