"Va a trovare il suo amico."

Translation:He visits his friend.

June 20, 2013

Does trovare rather than visitare mean visit? I would have expected the translation "He goes to find his friend'

Finally, in one dictionary, I found "andare a trovare" meaning "to visit". It must be idiomatic, because "trovare" alone does mean "find."

Thanks. That makes sense. I was puzzled by this because I thought it should be, "he goes to find his friend".

Maybe is better when we write He goes to find his friend.

why not va trovare.....?

See jgbachand's reply above: andare a trovare = to visit

“He's going to find his friend“ is accepted

I don't understand how do you get "he's going" from "va"

A literal translation of "va" would be, "he goes", but "he's going" means the same thing.