encontrar
Spanish, verb/enkonˈtɾaɾ/
encontrar is a Spanish verb meaning “to meet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hallarse de pronto una persona frente a otra, o una persona con un objeto”.
What does encontrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to meet
- 2
to find, encounter, come across
María y Gertrudis se escondieron cerca de las flores, y los chicos las encontraron a las chicas.
- 3
to meet, bump into
- 4
to think, consider, find
Lo encuentro estúpido.
- 5
to manage (to do something)
- 6
to be located
A veces se considera que Venezuela se encuentra en el Caribe.
- 7
to feel, be
Solo tú sabes cómo te encuentras.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hallarse de pronto una persona frente a otra, o una persona con un objeto. 2. Ubicar o determinar lo que se está buscando o a quien se está buscando. 3. Evaluar o considerar una situación, cosa o persona. 4. Sentir como están las cosas o personas.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of encontrar
- encuentro first-person present singular
- encontré first-person preterite singular
- encontrado participle past
- o-ue alternation
- encontrando gerund
- encontrada feminine participle past
- encontrados masculine participle past
- encontradas feminine participle past
- encuentras indicative informal present
- encontrás indicative informal present
- encuentra indicative present singular
- encontramos first-person indicative plural
- encontráis indicative plural present
- encuentran indicative plural present
- encontraba first-person imperfect indicative
- encontrabas imperfect indicative second-person
- encontrábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- encontrabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encontrar?
- /enkonˈtɾaɾ/
- [ẽŋ.kõn̪ˈt̪ɾaɾ]
- [ẽŋkõn̪ˈt̪ɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to encontrar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is encontrar in Spanish?
encontrar appears 166 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).