trovate

Trovate is a form of the Italian verb trovare, meaning to find. It is most common as the second-person plural present indicative form, used with voi: Voi trovate spesso nuove soluzioni. The form is also the plain imperative for voi, as in Trovate subito quel file.

In addition to its indicative and imperative uses, trovate can appear as a feminine plural past participle used adjectivally or in noun phrases to mean found or discovered. When agreeing with a feminine plural noun, it takes the form trovate, for example Le chiavi trovate sul tavolo erano sporche (the found keys on the table were dirty) or tra le cose trovate (among the found items). By contrast, with masculine plural nouns the past participle is trovati (oggetti trovati).

The present subjunctive for voi is not trovate but troviate, spelled with an extra i: che voi troviate una soluzione. This distinction is important for correct agreement in more formal or literary contexts.

In compound tenses, trovate is not used as a past participle; the standard past participle is trovato and combines with avere: avete trovato, hanno trovato. The form trovate therefore appears primarily in present-tense sentences and in adjectival uses referring to feminine plural nouns. Overall, trovate functions as both a finite verb form and as a gender- and number-agreeing participial adjective in Italian grammar.