encontrar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- encounter verb To meet or come across someone or something, especially unexpectedly.
- find verb To come across or discover something, whether by chance or by searching for it.
- locate verb To find the exact position of something.
- meet verb To come face to face with someone, whether by chance or by arrangement.
Senses
encontrar is used for these senses in English:
- come by (intransitive) To come near to; to pass; to visit.
- encounter (transitive) To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly.
- find (transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
- find (ditransitive) To decide that, to conclude that, to form the opinion that, to consider.
- locate (transitive) To find out where something is located.
- meet To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.
encounter — full definition
- verb To meet or come across someone or something, especially unexpectedly.
- noun A meeting, especially one that is unplanned, tense, or significant.
find — full definition
- verb To come across or discover something, whether by chance or by searching for it.
- verb To reach a particular conclusion or judgment, especially formally, as a court does.
- noun Something valuable or interesting that has been discovered.