találta

Találta is a Hungarian verb form derived from találni, meaning to find. It serves as the third-person singular past definite form (prefixed with a definite object) and is used to indicate a completed act of finding when the object is known or specified in the discourse. In other words, találtat would be the past indefinite form, used when the object is not definite.

In Hungarian, the past tense is shaped by whether the object is definite. Találta signals that the speaker and listener both identify the thing that was found. The corresponding past indefinite form is talált, which is used when the object is indefinite or not specified. The prefix meg- can appear with találni to form megtalálni, and its past tense megtalálta emphasizes the success of finding a particular intended item; in many contexts találtá without meg- is still understood, but megtalálta is more common for a definite, completed result.

Related nouns include találat, meaning a finding or discovery, and the verbs related to locating or discovering. The term can appear in different contexts, from everyday narration to written reports, where noting that someone “találta” something helps indicate a definite outcome. Variant forms and compound forms (such as megtalálta) reflect Hungarian’s system of definite-object past tenses and aspectual prefixes.

See also: találni (to find), megtalálni (to find, to locate), találat (finding, hit).