trovador

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese trobador, from Old Occitan trobador. Cognate with Galician trobador.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾo.vaˈdoʁ/ [tɾo.vaˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾo.vaˈdoʁ/ [tɾo.vaˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /tɾo.vaˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /tɾo.vaˈdoʁ/ [tɾo.vaˈdoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /tɾo.vaˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾu.vɐˈdoɾ/ [tɾu.vɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾu.vɐˈdoɾ/ [tɾu.vɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾu.bɐˈdoɾ/ [tɾu.βɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾu.vɐˈdo.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: tro‧va‧dor

Noun

trovador m (plural trovadores, feminine trovadora, feminine plural trovadoras)

1. troubadour

   Synonyms: troveiro, jogral, cantor

2. bard
3. poet

   Synonyms: poeta, bardo, cantor

Derived terms

• trovadorismo

Related terms

• trova
• trovar

See also

• cancioneiro
• cantiga

References

• “trovador”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “trovador”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “trovador”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish trovar

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Spanish -dor

Spanish trovador

From trovar + -dor. Compare English troubadour.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾobaˈdoɾ/ [t̪ɾo.β̞aˈð̞oɾ]

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• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: tro‧va‧dor

Noun

trovador m (plural trovadores, feminine trovadora, feminine plural trovadoras)

1. troubadour

Derived terms

• trovadoresco

Further reading

• “trovador”, 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