Aragonese

Verb

trobar

1. to find

Conjugation

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Provençal trobar, from Vulgar Latin *tropāre, present active infinitive of *tropō, from Latin tropus.

Verb

trobar ‎(first-person singular present trobo, past participle trobat)

1. (transitive) to find
2. (transitive) to meet

Conjugation

Derived terms

• trobar a faltar
• trobar-se

Occitan

Alternative forms

• trouvar (Mistralian)
• troubar (Mistralian)

Etymology

From Old Provençal trobar, from Vulgar Latin *tropāre, present active infinitive of *tropō, from Latin tropus.

Verb

trobar

1. (transitive) to find

Derived terms

• trobador

Conjugation

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Provençal trobar, from Vulgar Latin *tropāre, present active infinitive of *tropō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾo.ˈbaɾ/

Verb

trobar

1. to compose verses or songs
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 1 (facsimile):

     Deſoge mais quereu trobar. pola ſennor onrrada‎

     From today on I wish to sing only to my honoured Lady

Descendants

• Galician: trobar
• Portuguese: trovar

Old Provençal

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *tropāre, present active infinitive of *tropō, from Latin tropus; cognate with Old French trover, Anglo-Norman truver

Verb

trobar

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

     Nos, e molz libres, o trobam legen

     We, in many books, find through reading

Descendants

• Catalan: trobar
• Occitan: trobar

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *tropāre, present active infinitive of *tropō, from Latin tropus; cognate with Old French trover, Anglo-Norman truver

Verb

trobar

1. to find
   • circa 1260, Gonzalo de Berceo, Milagros de Nuestra Señora:

     Nunca trobé en sieglo logar tan deleitoso

     I never found anywhere else such a delightful place