# trobar
## Aragonese
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *tropāre.

### Verb

trobar
* (transitive) to find
    Synonym: descobrir
* (pronominal, transitive) to meet
    Synonym: reunir-se
* (pronominal, intransitive) to be located
    Synonym: estar

#### Conjugation
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan trobar. Attested in the Llibre de l'orde de cavalleria.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [tɾuˈβa]
* IPA: (Balearic) [tɾoˈba]
* IPA: (Valencia) [tɾoˈbaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

trobar (first-person singular present trobo, first-person singular preterite trobí, past participle trobat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/
* (transitive) to find
    Synonym: descobrir
* (pronominal, transitive) to meet
    Synonym: reunir-se
* (pronominal, intransitive) to be located
    Synonym: estar

#### Derived terms

* de trobadures
* tal faràs, tal trobaràs
* trobable
* trobadís
* troballa
* trobament
* trobar a faltar
* trobat

#### Related terms

* trobador

### References

* “trobar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* ↑ “trobar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

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

### Verb

trobar (first-person singular present trobo, first-person singular preterite trobei, past participle trobado)
* to compose verses or songs

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### References

* 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

## Occitan
### Alternative forms

* trouvar, troubar (Mistralian spellings)

### Etymology

From Old Occitan trobar, from Vulgar Latin *tropāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɾuˈba/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

trobar
* (transitive) to find

#### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

#### Related terms

* trobador

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Occitan trobar, from Vulgar Latin *tropāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɾo.ˈbaɾ/
* Rhymes: -aɾ

### Verb

trobar
* 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 onrradaFrom today on I wish to sing only to my honoured Lady

#### Related terms

* trobador

#### Descendants

* Galician: trobar
* Portuguese: trovar

## Old Occitan
### Etymology

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

### Verb

trobar
* to find
** c. 1000, author unknown, Boecis:Nos, e molz libres, o trobam legenWe, in many books, find through reading

#### Related terms

* trobaire

#### Descendants

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

### References

* ↑ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*tropare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 13: To–Tyrus, page 319

## Old Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Verb

trobar
* to find
** c. 1260, Gonzalo de Berceo, Milagros de Nuestra Señora:Nunca trobé en sieglo logar tan deleitosoI never found anywhere else such a delightful place

#### Descendants

* Spanish: trovar