encontrar conjugation: all tenses in Spanish, with meaning

/enkontˈɾaɾ/

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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'.

Origin: Latin
Root: incontrare
English cognates: encounter, contrary

Grammar

Verb typeencontrar - o>ue irregular

Conjugation

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

Indicative

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

Subjunctive

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

Imperative

Person	Affirmative
tú	encuentra
ud.	encuentre
nosotros	encontremos
vosotros	encontrad
uds.	encuentren

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle: encontrando
Past participle: encontrado

Examples

ningún .

I cannot find my keys anywhere.

I hope to find work soon.

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.

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This word is part of lesson 2.