encontrar
- (pronominal, transitive) to meet
- (transitive) to find; to locate
- (formal, pronominal) to be located
- (figuratively, pronominal) to find oneself (to learn what kind of person one is)
- (figuratively, pronominal, transitive) to find one's place (to discover one's vocation)
Opposite of
desencontrar, perder
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ẽ.kõˈtɾa(ʁ)/
Etymology
In summary
From Old Galician-Portuguese encontrar, from Vulgar Latin *incontrāre, from Latin in + contrā. Compare Italian incontrare, Old French encontrer, Spanish encontrar.
Related words
chance on
light upon
be met
enconter
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