trobar

Aragonese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *tropāre.

Verb

trobar

1. (transitive) to find

   Synonym: descobrir

2. (pronominal, transitive) to meet

   Synonym: reunir-se

3. (pronominal, intransitive) to be located

   Synonym: estar

Conjugation

Conjugation of trobar (first conjugation)

infinitive			trobar
gerund			trobando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		trobau, trobato		trobada, trobata
		plural		trobaus, trobatos		trobadas, trobatas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		yo	tú	él	nusatros nusatras	vusatros vusatras	ellos/els ellas
	present	trobo	trobas	troba	trobamos	trobaz	troban
	imperfect	trobaba, trobabe	trobabas	trobaba	trobabanos	trobabaz	trobaban
	preterite	trobé	trobés	trobó	trobemos	trobez	troboron, trobón
	future	trobaré	trobarás	trobará	trobaremos	trobarez	trobarán
	conditional	trobaría	trobarías	trobaría	trobaríanos	trobaríaz	trobarían
subjunctive		yo	tú	él	nusatros nusatras	vusatros vusatras	ellos/els ellas
	present	trobe	trobes	trobe	trobemos	trobez	troben
	imperfect	trobase	trobases	trobase	trobasenos	trobasez	trobasen
imperative		—	tú	—	—	vusatros vusatras	—
		—	troba	—	—	trobaz	—

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

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

2. (pronominal, transitive) to meet

   Synonym: reunir-se

3. (pronominal, intransitive) to be located

   Synonym: estar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of trobar (first conjugation)

infinitive			trobar
gerund			trobant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		trobat		trobada
		plural		trobats		trobades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	trobo	trobes	troba	trobem	trobeu	troben
	imperfect	trobava	trobaves	trobava	trobàvem	trobàveu	trobaven
	future	trobaré	trobaràs	trobarà	trobarem	trobareu	trobaran
	preterite	trobí	trobares	trobà	trobàrem	trobàreu	trobaren
	conditional	trobaria	trobaries	trobaria	trobaríem	trobaríeu	trobarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	trobi	trobis	trobi	trobem	trobeu	trobin
	imperfect	trobés	trobessis	trobés	trobéssim	trobéssiu	trobessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	troba	trobi	trobem	trobeu	trobin
	negative (no)	—	no trobis	no trobi	no trobem	no trobeu	no trobin

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 [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

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)

1. to compose verses or songs

Conjugation

    Conjugation of trobar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	trobar
Personal	trobar	trobares	trobar	trobarmos	trobardes	trobaren
Gerund
	trobando
Past participle
Masculine	trobado			trobados
Feminine	trobada			trobadas
Indicative
Present	trobo	trobas	troba	trobamos	trobades	troban
Imperfect	trobaba	trobabas	trobaba	trobabamos	trobabades	trobaban
Preterite	trobei	trobaches	trobou	trobamos	trobastes	trobaron
Pluperfect	trobara	trobaras	trobara	trobaramos	trobarades	trobaran
Future	trobarei	trobarás	trobará	trobaremos	trobaredes	trobarán
Conditional	trobaría	trobarías	trobaría	trobariamos	trobariades	trobarían
Subjunctive
Present	trobe	trobes	trobe	trobemos	trobedes	troben
Imperfect	trobase	trobases	trobase	trobásemos	trobásedes	trobasen
Future	trobar	trobares	trobar	trobarmos	trobardes	trobaren
Imperative
Affirmative		troba	trobe	trobemos	trobade	troben
Negative (non)		non trobes	non trobe	non trobemos	non trobedes	non troben

    Reintegrated conjugation of trobar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	trobar
Personal	trobar	trobares	trobar	trobarmos	trobardes	trobarem
Gerund
	trobando
Past participle
Masculine	trobado			trobados
Feminine	trobada			trobadas
Indicative
Present	trobo	trobas	troba	trobamos	trobades, trobais	trobam
Imperfect	trobava	trobavas	trobava	trobávamos	trobávades, trobáveis, trobávais1	trobavam
Preterite	trobei	trobaste, trobache1	trobou	trobamos	trobastes	trobárom, trobaram
Pluperfect	trobara	trobaras	trobara	trobáramos	trobárades, trobáreis, trobárais1	trobaram
Future	trobarei	trobarás	trobará	trobaremos	trobaredes, trobareis	trobarám, trobarão
Conditional	trobaria	trobarias	trobaria	trobaríamos	trobaríades, trobaríeis, trobaríais1	trobariam
Subjunctive
Present	trobe	trobes	trobe	trobemos	trobedes, trobeis	trobem
Imperfect	trobasse	trobasses	trobasse	trobássemos	trobássedes, trobásseis	trobassem
Future	trobar	trobares	trobar	trobarmos	trobardes	trobarem
Imperative
Affirmative		troba	trobe	trobemos	trobade, trobai	trobem
Negative (nom)		nom trobes	nom trobe	nom trobemos	nom trobedes, nom trobeis	nom trobem

¹Less 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^(key): /tɾuˈba/

• Audio (Béarn):

  (file)

Verb

trobar

1. (transitive) to find

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• trobador

Old Galician-Portuguese

FWOTD – 26 May 2015

Etymology

From Old Occitan trobar, from Vulgar Latin *tropāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾo.ˈbaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Verb

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of trobar

infinitive				trobar
gerund		simple		trobando
		compound		gerund of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		trobado		trobados
		feminine		trobada		trobadas
present participle				trobante		trobantes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	trobo	trobas	troba	trobamos	trobades, trobaes, trobais, trobaas, trobás	troban
	imperfect	trobava	trobavas	trobava	trobavamos, trobávamos	trobavades, trobávades, trobávaes, trobávais, trobávees, trobáveis	trobavan
	preterite	trobei	trobaste, trobasche, trobache	trobou	trobamos	trobastes	trobaron
	pluperfect	trobara	trobaras	trobara	trobaramos, trobáramos	trobarades, trobárades, trobáraes, trobárais, trobárees, trobáreis	trobaran
	future	trobarei	trobarás	trobará	trobaremos	trobaredes, trobarees, trobareis, trobarês	trobarán
	conditional	trobaria	trobarias	trobaria	trobariamos, trobaríamos	trobariades, trobaríades, trobaríaes, trobaríais, trobaríees, trobaríeis	trobarian
compound tenses	present perfect	present of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	past anterior	preterite of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	pluperfect anterior	simple pluperfect of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	future perfect	future of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
subjunctive mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	trobe	trobes	trobe	trobemos	trobedes, trobees, trobeis, trobês	troben
	imperfect	trobasse	trobasses	trobasse	trobassemos, trobássemos	trobassedes, trobássedes, trobássees, trobásseis	trobassen
	future	trobar	trobares	trobar	trobarmos	trobardes	trobaren
compound tenses	present perfect	present subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	future perfect	future subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
imperative mood		—	tu	—	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	—
affirmative		—	troba	—	trobemos	trobade, trobae, trobai	—
negative		—	non trobes	—	non trobemos	non trobedes, non trobees, non trobeis, non trobês	—
personal infinitive		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
		trobar	trobares	trobar	trobarmos	trobardes	trobaren
1 teer and “ter were also used, although all three were less common than haver.

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

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

     Nos, e molz libres, o trobam legen

     We, 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

Old Spanish

Etymology

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

Verb

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

Descendants

• Spanish: trovar