l'hanno trovato

they found him/it

→ lo

phrase Rare #34,752

they found him/it L' is the contracted object pronoun for lo or la, meaning “him,” “her,” or “it”; trovato agrees with a masculine singular object, or with a masculine object used generically. Hanno trovato literally means “they have found,” but it is commonly translated as “they found” in these contexts.

IT: Finalmente l'hanno trovato nascosto in giardino.

EN: They finally found him hiding in the garden.

L'hanno trovato.

They found it.

— Avatar - La via dell'acqua (2022)

Non l'hanno trovato.

They didn't find it.

Dopo un'indagine insistente, finalmente l'hanno trovato.

After a persistent investigation, they finally found him.

— Decision to Leave (2022)

L'hanno trovato in una sala di proiezione.

They found him in a screening room.

— Tesis (1996)

Sai, mi hanno detto che gli mancava un dente quando l'hanno trovato.

You know, they told me he was missing a tooth when they found him.

— Una di famiglia (2025)

L'hanno trovato?

Did they find him?