trovar
Portuguese, verb/tɾoˈva(ʁ)/
trovar is spelled T-R-O-V-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 56 million words in written Portuguese, the 209,413th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trovar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to compose verses or songs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does trovar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to compose verses or songs
- 2
to flirt with
Tava trovando aquela guria, mas não deu certo.
- 3
to talk, to say
O cara tava trovando umas coisas estranhas.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of trovar
- trovo first-person present singular
- trovei first-person preterite singular
- trovado participle past
- trovares infinitive second-person singular
- trovarmos first-person infinitive plural
- trovardes infinitive plural second-person
- trovarem infinitive plural third-person
- trovando gerund
- trovados masculine participle past
- trovada feminine participle past
- trovadas feminine participle past
- trovas indicative present second-person
- trova indicative present singular
- trovamos first-person indicative plural
- trovais indicative plural present
- trovam indicative plural present
- trovava first-person imperfect indicative
- trovavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce trovar?
- Brazil /tɾoˈva(ʁ)/
- Brazil [tɾoˈva(h)]
- /tɾoˈva(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is trovar in Portuguese?
trovar appears about once in every 56 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).