encontrar

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

1. Alternative form of alcontrar

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.kõ.ˈtɾaɾ/

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

1. to meet

   Antonym: desencontrar

   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, Lya Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 254:

     Foi só uma idéia, pensei que você talvez gostasse de se encontrar comigo.

2. to find
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 215:

     Posso ajudá-lo a encontrar tudo...

     I can help you to find everything...

3. first-person singular (eu) personal infinitive of encontrar
4. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) personal infinitive of encontrar
5. first-person singular (eu) future subjunctive of encontrar
6. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) future subjunctive of encontrar

From Latin in contra. Compare Italian incontrare.

• IPA^(key): /enkonˈtɾaɾ/, [ẽŋkõn̪ˈt̪ɾaɾ]

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

   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. (reflexive) to be located
6. (reflexive) to feel, be

• Rule: o becomes a ue in stressed syllables.

• hallar

• entroncar