# encontrar
## Asturian
### Verb

encontrar (first-person singular indicative present encuentro, past participle encontráu)
* Alternative form of alcontrar

#### Conjugation
## Galician
### Alternative forms

* alcontrar

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese encontrar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin *incontrāre, from Latin in + contrā. Compare Portuguese encontrar, Old French encontrer, Spanish encontrar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eŋkɔnˈtɾaɾ/ [eŋ.kɔn̪ˈt̪ɾaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ

### Verb

encontrar (first-person singular present encontro, first-person singular preterite encontrei, past participle encontrado)
* to meet, encounter
    Synonym: atopar
* to find
    Synonym: atopar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “encontrar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “encontrar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “encontrar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “encontrar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “encontrar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kõˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.kõˈtɾa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kõˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kõˈtɾa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kõˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.kõˈtɾa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kõˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kõˈtɾa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kõˈtɾa(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kõˈtɾa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kõˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.kõˈtɾa(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kõˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kõˈtɾa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kõˈtɾa(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kõˈtɾa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ẽ.kõˈtɾaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ẽ.kõˈtɾaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ẽ.kõˈtɾa.ɾi/

### Verb

encontrar (first-person singular present encontro, first-person singular preterite encontrei, past participle encontrado)
* (pronominal, transitive) to meet [with com ‘with someone’]
    Antonym: desencontrar
** 2003, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 254:Foi só uma idéia, pensei que você talvez gostasse de se encontrar comigo.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (transitive) to find; to locate
    Antonyms: achar, localizar
    Antonym: perder
** 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, 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...
* (pronominal, formal) to be located [intransitive; or transitive with em ‘in some place’]
* (pronominal, figurative) to find oneself (to learn what kind of person one is)
* (pronominal, transitive, figurative) to find one's place (to discover one's vocation) [with em ‘in something’]

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* desencontrar
* encontro
* reencontrar

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin in contra. Compare Portuguese encontrar, Italian incontrare, and French rencontrer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /enkonˈtɾaɾ/ [ẽŋ.kõn̪ˈt̪ɾaɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: en‧con‧trar

### Verb

encontrar (first-person singular present encuentro, first-person singular preterite encontré, past participle encontrado)
* (transitive) to meet
* (transitive) to find, encounter, come across
    Synonyms: hallar, trovar
    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.
* (intransitive or reflexive) to meet, bump into
* (transitive) to think, consider, find
    Lo encuentro estúpido.I find that stupid.
* to manage (to do something)
    Synonym: lograr
* (reflexive) to be located
* (reflexive) to feel, be
    Solo tú sabes cómo te encuentras.Only you know how you're feeling.
** 2016 December, “FARC pedirán perdón a familias de 11 diputados asesinados”, in Frontera.info‎:Tras encontrársele libre de cualquier sospecha quedó en libertad meses después.After finding him free of any suspicion, he was released months later.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

#### Derived terms

* arrieros somos, y en el camino nos encontraremos
* encontrar la horma de su zapato
* perro que no camina, no encuentra hueso

#### Related terms

* encontrarse
* encuentro

### Further reading

* “encontrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### Anagrams

* entroncar