trouver

A. vtr

• 1 (gen) to find trouver qch par hasard = to come across sth trouver un intérêt à qch = to find sth interesting trouver à redire = to find fault trouver le moyen de faire = to manage to do j'ai trouvé! = I've got it! tu as trouvé ça tout seul? (ironic) = did you work that out all by yourself? si tu continues tu vas metrouver! (fam) = don't push your luck! (colloq) trouver du plaisir à faire = to get pleasure out of doing aller trouver qn = to go and see sb Definition of find in the British & World English dictionary Definition of find in the US English dictionary Translate find | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

• 2je trouve ça drôle = I think it's funny j'ai trouvé bon de vous prévenir = I thought it right to warn you je me demande ce qu'elle te trouve! = I wonder what she sees in you! je te trouve bien calme, qu'est-ce que tu as? = you're very quiet, what's the matter?

B. v refl (+ v être)

• 1 to be se trouver à Rome = to be in Rome se trouver dans l'impossibilité de faire = to be unable to do Definition of be in the British & World English dictionary Definition of be in the US English dictionary Translate be | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

• 2 to feel j'ai failli me trouver mal = I nearly passed out Definition of feel in the British & World English dictionary Definition of feel in the US English dictionary Translate feel | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

• 3il se trouve beau = he thinks he's good-looking

• 4 to find [excuse] Definition of find in the British & World English dictionary Definition of find in the US English dictionary Translate find | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

C. v impers

• il se trouve qu'elle ne leur avait rien dit = as it happened, she hadn't told them anything si ça se trouve ça te plaira (fam) = you might like it