/ˈtrovi/
OriginDerived from Latin *tropāre; related to French trouver and Italian trovare.
- transitiveto find, to retrieve
“Oni neniam trovis la vrakaĵon de la kraŝinta aviadilo.” — The wreckage of the stricken plane was never found.
- transitiveto discover, to encounter, to uncover
“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.
- transitiveto find, consider
“Petro trovas Kristinon tre inteligenta kaj bela.” — Peter finds Christine very intelligent and beautiful.
“"Nu, Kefalo," mi diris, "mi ja ĝuas konversacii kun maljunuloj. Mi opinias ke ni devus lerni de personoj kiuj jam laŭiris la vojon laŭ kiu ankaŭ ni mem devos iri. Kia ĝi estas, malglata kaj malfacila?” — "Well, Cephalus," I said, "I certainly enjoy conversing with old people. I have the opinion that we should learn from people who already went along the path along which we ourselves will also have to
- reflexivesynonym of troviĝi
Formstrovas(present) · trovis(past) · trovos(future) · trovus(conditional) · trovu(volitive) · trovanta(active, participle, present, singular) · trovantaj(active, participle, plural, present) · trovinta(active, participle, past, singular) · trovintaj(active, participle, past, plural) · trovonta(active, future, participle, singular) · trovontaj(active, future, participle, plural) · trovantan(accusative, active, participle, present, singular) · trovantajn(accusative, active, participle, plural, present) · trovintan(accusative, active, participle, past, singular) · trovintajn(accusative, active, participle, past, plural) · trovontan(accusative, active, future, participle, singular) · trovontajn(accusative, active, future, participle, plural) · trovata(participle, passive, present, singular) · trovataj(participle, passive, plural, present) · trovita(participle, passive, past, singular)