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PORTUGUESE · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

encontrar.

to meet

9 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/ẽ.kõˈtɾa(ʁ)/Brazil[ẽ.kõˈtɾa(h)]Brazil/ĩ.kõˈtɾa(ʁ)/Brazil[ĩ.kõˈtɾa(h)]Brazil
  1. to meet

    pronominal · transitive
  2. to find; to locate

    transitive
  3. to be located

    formal · pronominal
  4. to find oneself (to learn what kind of person one is)

    figuratively · pronominal
  5. to find one's place (to discover one's vocation)

    figuratively · pronominal · transitive
Where this word comes from

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

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