Meaning
to track down, to find
- To locate or uncover someone or something hidden or difficult to find.
- To flush an animal out of its burrow or lair.
In a sentence
L'investigatore è riuscito a scovare documenti compromettenti negli archivi.
The investigator managed to track down compromising documents in the archives.
Dove hai scovato questa vecchia edizione introvabile?
Where did you track down this unfindable old edition?
Non scoveremo mai il problema se non controlliamo riga per riga.
We will never find the problem if we don't check line by line.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| scovare | infinitive |
| scovo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| scovi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| scova | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| scoviamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| scovate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| scovano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| scovavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| scovavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| scovava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| scovavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| scovavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| scovavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| scovai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| scovasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| scovò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| scovammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| scovaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| scovarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| scoverò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| scoverai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| scoverà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| scoveremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| scoverete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| scoveranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| scovi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| scovi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| scovi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| scoviamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| scoviate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| scovino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| scovassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| scovassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| scovasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| scovassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| scovaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| scovassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| scoverei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| scoveresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| scoverebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| scoveremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| scovereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| scoverebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| scova | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| scoviamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| scovate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| scovando | gerund |
| scovato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Conjugated regularly; takes 'avere' in compound tenses.
- Carries a nuance of patient searching or digging up something rare or concealed.