trovare

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See also: trovaré

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /troˈva.re/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: tro‧và‧re

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Old French trover, from Vulgar Latin *tropāre, a verb probably based on Classical Latin tropus. Compare French trouver.

Verb[edit]

trovàre (first-person singular present tròvo, first-person singular past historic trovài, past participle trovàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. to find
  2. (informal) to visit (a friend, relative, etc.)
  3. to contact or get hold of (someone)
    lo chiamo spesso, ma mai lo trovo
    I call him often, but I can never get hold of him
  4. to come by; to come across
  5. to think; to believe; also [+ che (subjunctive)]
    trovo che sia meglio lasciare perdere
    I think it is better to let it go
    non trovo giusto il tuo atteggiamento
    I don't think your attitude is proper
  6. to think up
    quando il professore gli ha chiesto i compiti, è riuscito a trovare una scusa
    when the professor asked him for his homework, he was able to think up an excuse
Usage notes[edit]
  • Often used with da, followed by an infinitive, to imply place. For instance:
    trovare da mangiare
    to find a place to eat
    (literally, “to find to eat”)
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Further reading[edit]

  • trovare in Collins Italian-English Dictionary

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese trobar, borrowed from Old Occitan trobar, from Vulgar Latin *tropāre, from Latin tropus.

Verb[edit]

trovàre (first-person singular present tròvo, first-person singular past historic trovài, past participle trovàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (archaic or literary) to compose poetry
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Neapolitan[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Compare Italian trovare, Sicilian truvari.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

trovare

  1. to find
    Synonym: ascià
  2. to search, look for
    Synonym: cercare

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References[edit]

  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “trovare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tɾoˈbaɾe/ [t̪ɾoˈβ̞a.ɾe]
  • Rhymes: -aɾe
  • Syllabification: tro‧va‧re

Verb[edit]

trovare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of trovar