trobar

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

trobar

1. to find

Inherited from Old Catalan trobar, from Vulgar Latin *tropāre, a verb presumably derived from Latin tropus, of Greek origin.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [tɾuˈβa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [tɾoˈba]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [tɾoˈbaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

trobar (first-person singular present trobo, first-person singular preterite trobí, past participle trobat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (transitive) to find

   Synonym: descobrir

2. (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive) to meet

   Synonym: reunir-se

3. (takes a reflexive pronoun, intransitive) to be located

   Synonym: estar

• trobador

• “trobar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “trobar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Old Galician-Portuguese trobar, borrowed from Old Occitan trobar, from Vulgar Latin *tropāre, present active infinitive of *tropō, from Latin tropus. Cognate with Portuguese trovar.

trobar (first-person singular present trobo, first-person singular preterite trobei, past participle trobado)

1. to compose verses or songs

• “trobar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.

• trouvar (Mistralian)
• troubar (Mistralian)

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

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trobar

1. (transitive) to find

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• trobador

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

• IPA^(key): /tɾo.ˈbaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ

trobar

1. to compose verses or songs
   • 13th century CE, 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

• trobador

• Galician: trobar
• Portuguese: trovar

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *tropāre. Compare Old French trover.

trobar

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

     Nos, e molz libres, o trobam legen

     We, in many books, find through reading

• trobaire, trobador

• Occitan: trobar
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: trobar
  • Galician: trobar
  • Portuguese: trovar
• → Old Spanish: trobar
  • Spanish: trovar

From Vulgar Latin *tropāre, present active infinitive of *tropō (probably through the intermediate of Old Occitan trobar), from Latin tropus; cognate with Old French trover, Anglo-Norman truver.

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

• Spanish: trovar