trobar

Etymology

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

Verb

trobar

1. to find

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /tɾoˈba/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /tɾuˈba/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /tɾoˈbaɾ/

Verb

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

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

Further reading

• “trobar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Alternative forms

• trouvar (Mistralian)
• troubar (Mistralian)

Etymology

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

Verb

trobar

1. (transitive) to find

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

Etymology

From Old Occitan 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

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