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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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Alternative forms

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

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
    Antonyms: 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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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, 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.
  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
  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[1]:
      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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