encontrar in Spanish: to find, to meet (verb)

Translation

to find, to meet

Word origin

From Latin incontrare, from in- plus contra ('against, opposite'). The sense developed from 'to come up against' to 'to meet, to find'.

Verb typeencontrar - o>ue irregular

Regular spanish-irregular conjugation. Pronouns: yo, tú, él/ella/ud., nos., vos., ellos/uds..

Person	Present	Preterite	Imperfect	Future	Conditional
yo	encuentro	encontré	encontraba	encontraré	encontraría
tú	encuentras	encontraste	encontrabas	encontrarás	encontrarías
él/ella/ud.	encuentra	encontró	encontraba	encontrará	encontraría
nos.	encontramos	encontramos	encontrábamos	encontraremos	encontraríamos
vos.	encontráis	encontrasteis	encontrabais	encontraréis	encontraríais
ellos/uds.	encuentran	encontraron	encontraban	encontrarán	encontrarían

Person	Present	Imperfect (-ra)	Imperfect (-se)
yo	encuentre	encontrara	encontrase
tú	encuentres	encontraras	encontrases
él/ella/ud.	encuentre	encontrara	encontrase
nos.	encontremos	encontráramos	encontrásemos
vos.	encontréis	encontrarais	encontraseis
ellos/uds.	encuentren	encontraran	encontrasen

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I cannot find my keys anywhere.

.

I hope to find work soon.

casualidad .

They met by chance at the airport.

.

I finally found the book I had been looking for for months.

encontrarme .

Tomorrow I am going to meet up with my former boss.

llegar

to arrive, to reach

buscar

to look for, to search

ver

to see, to watch, to look at

saber

to know (facts), to taste

tener

to have, to possess

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