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encontrar

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Asturian

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Verb

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encontrar (first-person singular indicative present encuentro, past participle encontráu)

  1. alternative form of alcontrar

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese encontrar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin *incontrāre, from Latin in + contrā. Compare Portuguese encontrar, Old French encontrer, Spanish encontrar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /eŋkɔnˈtɾaɾ/ [eŋ.kɔn̪ˈt̪ɾaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ

Verb

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encontrar (first-person singular present encontro, first-person singular preterite encontrei, past participle encontrado)

  1. to meet, encounter
    Synonym: atopar
  2. to find
    Synonym: atopar

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese encontrar, from Vulgar Latin *incontrāre, from Latin in + contrā. Compare Italian incontrare, Old French encontrer, Spanish encontrar.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful) /ẽ.kõˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.kõˈtɾa(h)], /ĩ.kõˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kõˈtɾa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful) /ẽ.kõˈtɾa(ɾ)/, /ĩ.kõˈtɾa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful) /ẽ.kõˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.kõˈtɾa(χ)], /ĩ.kõˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kõˈtɾa(χ)]
    • (Caipira) IPA(key): (careful) /ẽ.kõˈtɾa(ɻ)/, /ĩ.kõˈtɾa(ɻ)/
 

  • Audio (Portugal (Porto)):(file)

Verb

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encontrar (first-person singular present encontro, first-person singular preterite encontrei, past participle encontrado)

  1. (pronominal, transitive) to meet [with com ‘with someone’]
    Antonym: desencontrar
  2. (transitive) to find; to locate
    Synonyms: achar, localizar
    Antonym: perder
  3. (pronominal, formal) to be located [intransitive; or transitive with em ‘in some place’]
  4. (pronominal, figurative) to find oneself (to learn what kind of person one is)
  5. (pronominal, transitive, figurative) to find one's place (to discover one's vocation) [with em ‘in something’]

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Spanish

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Etymology

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    Derived from Latin in contra. Compare Portuguese encontrar, Italian incontrare, and French rencontrer.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /enkonˈtɾaɾ/ [ẽŋ.kõn̪ˈt̪ɾaɾ]
    • Audio (Colombia):(file)
    • Rhymes: -aɾ
    • Syllabification: en‧con‧trar

    Verb

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    encontrar (first-person singular present encuentro, first-person singular preterite encontré, past participle encontrado)

    1. (transitive) to meet
    2. (transitive) to find, encounter, come across
      Synonyms: hallar, (archaic) trovar
      María y Gertrudis se escondieron cerca de las flores, y los chicos las encontraron a las chicas.
      Mary and Gertrude hid themselves near the flowers, and the boys found the girls.
      • 2025 January 2, Alaa Elassar, “El conductor del Tesla Cybertruck se disparó antes de la explosión, dice la policía”, in CNN en Español‎[1], archived from the original on 15 January 2026:
        Las autoridades no están identificando a Livelsberger como la persona encontrada dentro del Cybertruck porque el cuerpo encontrado dentro del vehículo estaba quemado hasta quedar irreconocible, dijo el sheriff de Las Vegas, Kevin McMahill, en una conferencia de prensa este jueves.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    3. (intransitive or reflexive) to meet, bump into
    4. (transitive) to think, consider, find
      Lo encuentro estúpido.
      I find that stupid.
    5. to manage (to do something)
      Synonym: lograr
    6. (reflexive) to be located
      A veces se considera que Venezuela se encuentra en el Caribe.
      Sometimes Venezuela is considered to be in the Caribbean.
    7. (reflexive) to feel, be
      Solo tú sabes cómo te encuentras.
      Only you know how you're feeling.
      • 2016 December, “FARC pedirán perdón a familias de 11 diputados asesinados”, in Frontera.info‎[2]:
        Tras encontrársele libre de cualquier sospecha quedó en libertad meses después.
        After finding him free of any suspicion, he was released months later.

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