encontro
Portuguese, noun/ẽˈkõ.tɾu/
encontro is spelled E-N-C-O-N-T-R-O (8 letters) and appears 151 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 645th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encontro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “meeting; gathering; get-together; meet-up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of encontrar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de encontrar; reunião”.
What does encontro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemeeting; gathering; get-together; meet-up
- 2
masculinedate (romantic meeting)
- 3
masculinethe act of finding something
- 4
masculinebump (a light collision)
- 5
masculineepaulet oriole (Icterus cayanensis, a bird of South America)
- 6
masculinecluster
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of encontrar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de encontrar; reunião 2. choque, embate; encontrão 3. confluência de rios 4. festa
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of encontro
- encontros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encontro?
- Brazil /ẽˈkõ.tɾu/
- Brazil /ĩˈkõ.tɾu/
- Portugal /ẽˈkõ.tɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to encontro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is encontro in Portuguese?
encontro appears 151 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).