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trovi

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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Derived from Latin *tropāre; related to French trouver and Italian trovare.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈtrovi]
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  • Rhymes: -ovi
  • Hyphenation: tro‧vi

Verb

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trovi (present trovas, past trovis, future trovos, conditional trovus, volitive trovu)

  1. (transitive) to find, to retrieve
    Coordinate terms: eltrovi, trafi
    Oni neniam trovis la vrakaĵon de la kraŝinta aviadilo.
    The wreckage of the stricken plane was never found.
  2. (transitive) to discover, to encounter, to uncover
    Coordinate terms: ricevi, suferi, trafi
    Ili trovis malnovan skatolon en la arbaro.
    They discovered an old box in the forest.
    Ni trovis forkon en la vojo kaj ne sciis kiun direkton preni.
    We encountered a fork in the road and didn't know which path to take.
  3. (transitive) to find, consider
    Coordinate terms: juĝi, taksi
    Petro trovas Kristinon tre inteligenta kaj bela.
    Peter finds Christine very intelligent and beautiful.
  4. (reflexive) Synonym of troviĝi

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Italian

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Verb

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trovi

  1. inflection of trovare:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person singular imperative

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