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Meaning of "encontrar" in the Spanish dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ENCONTRAR

La palabra encontrar procede del latín in contra.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ENCONTRAR IN SPANISH

en · con · trar play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ENCONTRAR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
interjection
article
Encontrar is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb encontrar in Spanish.

WHAT DOES ENCONTRAR MEAN IN SPANISH?

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Definition of encontrar in the Spanish dictionary

The first definition to find in the dictionary of the real academy of the Spanish language is to find someone or something that is wanted. Another meaning of finding in the dictionary is to find someone or something without looking for it. Finding is also said of one person: stumbling over another. La primera definición de encontrar en el diccionario de la real academia de la lengua española es dar con alguien o algo que se busca. Otro significado de encontrar en el diccionario es dar con alguien o algo sin buscarlo. Encontrar es también dicho de una persona: Tropezar con otra.

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CONJUGATION OF THE SPANISH VERB ENCONTRAR

MODO INDICATIVO

TIEMPOS SIMPLES
Presente
yo encuentro
encuentras / encontrás
él encuentra
nos. encontramos
vos. encontráis / encuentran
ellos encuentran
Pretérito imperfecto
yo encontraba
encontrabas
él encontraba
nos. encontrábamos
vos. encontrabais / encontraban
ellos encontraban
Pret. perfecto simple
yo encontré
encontraste
él encontró
nos. encontramos
vos. encontrasteis / encontraron
ellos encontraron
Futuro simple
yo encontraré
encontrarás
él encontrará
nos. encontraremos
vos. encontraréis / encontrarán
ellos encontrarán
Condicional simple
yo encontraría
encontrarías
él encontraría
nos. encontraríamos
vos. encontraríais / encontrarían
ellos encontrarían
TIEMPOS COMPUESTOS
Pret. Perf. Compuesto
yo he encontrado
has encontrado
él ha encontrado
nos. hemos encontrado
vos. habéis encontrado
ellos han encontrado
Pret. Pluscuamperfecto
yo había encontrado
habías encontrado
él había encontrado
nos. habíamos encontrado
vos. habíais encontrado
ellos habían encontrado
Pretérito Anterior
yo hube encontrado
hubiste encontrado
él hubo encontrado
nos. hubimos encontrado
vos. hubisteis encontrado
ellos hubieron encontrado
Futuro perfecto
yo habré encontrado
habrás encontrado
él habrá encontrado
nos. habremos encontrado
vos. habréis encontrado
ellos habrán encontrado
Condicional Perfecto
yo habría encontrado
habrías encontrado
él habría encontrado
nos. habríamos encontrado
vos. habríais encontrado
ellos habrían encontrado

MODO SUBJUNTIVO

TIEMPOS SIMPLES
Presente
yo encuentre
encuentres
él encuentre
nos. encontremos
vos. encontréis / encuentren
ellos encuentren
Pretérito imperfecto
yo encontrara o encontrase
encontraras o encontrases
él encontrara o encontrase
nos. encontráramos o encontrásemos
vos. encontrarais o encontraseis / encontraran o encontrasen
ellos encontraran o encontrasen
Futuro simple
yo encontrare
encontrares
él encontrare
nos. encontráremos
vos. encontrareis / encontraren
ellos encontraren
TIEMPOS COMPUESTOS
Pret. Perf. Compuesto
yo hube encontrado
hubiste encontrado
él hubo encontrado
nos. hubimos encontrado
vos. hubisteis encontrado
ellos hubieron encontrado
Futuro Perfecto
yo habré encontrado
habrás encontrado
él habrá encontrado
nos. habremos encontrado
vos. habréis encontrado
ellos habrán encontrado
Condicional perfecto
yo habría encontrado
habrías encontrado
él habría encontrado
nos. habríamos encontrado
vos. habríais encontrado
ellos habrían encontrado
MODO IMPERATIVO
Imperativo
encuentra (tú) / encontrá (vos)
encontrad (vosotros) / encuentren (ustedes)
FORMAS NO PERSONALES
Infinitivo
encontrar
Participio
encontrado
Gerundio
encontrando

SPANISH WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ENCONTRAR


adentrar
a·den·trar
administrar
ad·mi·nis·trar
arrastrar
a·rras·trar
centrar
cen·trar
concentrar
con·cen·trar
demostrar
de·mos·trar
descentrar
des·cen·trar
desencentrar
de·sen·cen·trar
encentrar
en·cen·trar
entrar
en·trar
filtrar
fil·trar
mostrar
mos·trar
penetrar
pe·ne·trar
reconcentrar
re·con·cen·trar
reencontrar
re·en·con·trar
registrar
re·gis·trar
rencontrar
ren·con·trar
rescontrar
res·con·trar
subintrar
su·bin·trar
suministrar
su·mi·nis·trar

SPANISH WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ENCONTRAR

enconamiento
enconar
enconchar
enconcharse
enconfitar
enconía
encono
enconosa
enconoso
enconrear
encontentar
encontilar
encontinente
encontrada
encontradamente
encontradiza
encontradizo
encontrado
encontrón
encontronazo

SPANISH WORDS THAT END LIKE ENCONTRAR

adiestrar
alastrar
amaestrar
amostrar
arbitrar
arrostrar
castrar
cronometrar
demonstrar
empotrar
encastrar
frustrar
idolatrar
ilustrar
infiltrar
lastrar
lustrar
ministrar
perpetrar
secuestrar

Synonyms and antonyms of encontrar in the Spanish dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ENCONTRAR» IN SPANISH

The following Spanish words have a similar or identical meaning as «encontrar» and belong to the same grammatical category.
Spanish synonyms of encontrar

ANTONYMS OF «ENCONTRAR» IN SPANISH

The following Spanish words mean the opposite of «encontrar» and also belong to the same grammatical category.
Spanish antonyms of encontrar

Translation of «encontrar» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ENCONTRAR

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Translator Spanish - Chinese

找到
1,325 millions of speakers

Spanish

encontrar
570 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - English

find
510 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Hindi

खोज
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator Spanish - Arabic

اكتشاف
280 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Russian

найти
278 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Portuguese

encontrar
270 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Bengali

আবিষ্কার
260 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - French

trouver
220 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Malay

mencari
190 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - German

finden
180 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Japanese

見つけます
130 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Korean

발견
85 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Javanese

golek
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator Spanish - Vietnamese

tìm thấy
80 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Tamil

கண்டுபிடிக்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Marathi

शोधू
75 millions of speakers

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bulmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Italian

trovare
65 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Polish

odnaleźć
50 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Ukrainian

знайти
40 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Romanian

găsi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator Spanish - Greek

βρίσκω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator Spanish - Afrikaans

vind
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator Spanish - Swedish

hitta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator Spanish - Norwegian

finne
5 millions of speakers

SPANISH - ENGLISH DICTIONARY

encontrar
encontrar 
  dig up ; encounter ; find ; locate ; spot ; trace ; track ; turn up ; find + Posesivo + way to ; disinter ; ferret out ; root out ; lay + hands on ; come by ; track down ; bump into ; sniff out ; come up with ; walk into.
 The list of changed headings is almost literally endless if you have the patience to dig them all up.
 This simple observation also goes some of the way towards explaining the variety of tools, methods and systems which are encountered in the organisation knowledge.
 Wherever abstracts are found they are included to save the user's time in information gathering and selection.
 This order suffices for a list whose purpose is to identify and locate documents, whose bibliographic details are already known.
 When all necessary amendments have been spotted, edit the draft abstract and make any improvements to the style that are possible.
 The author approach remains an important means of tracing a specific document.
 The index fields are used for tracking annual indexes.
 Although I have not done a complete analytical search of library literature for discussions of the structures of catalogs, preliminary searches have turned up little except for historical discussions.
 He found his way quickly and easily to the materials he needed.
 Tests such as this one will often disinter the real citation intended but it is a time consuming task.
 As a rule analysts are left on their own to ferret out useful and appropriate areas to be investigated.
 The article has the title 'Rooting out journals on the Net'.
 It is, therefore, expedient to look into history to lay hands on the root of the problem.
 This article shows how teachers came by such information and the use they made it of in their work.
 In stepping away from the genre's glamorous robberies and flashy lifestyle, this stealthy, potent movie tracks down the British gangster icon to its inevitable end.
 Slake is such a dreamer that he bumps into lampposts.
 The researchers involved say that dogs have an uncanny ability to sniff out lung and breast cancer in its early stages of development.
 Derfer corroborated her: 'I'd be very proud of you if you could come up with the means to draft a model collection development policy'.
 He is presented in the movie as a somewhat comical character, with a lumbering but pleasant clumsiness as he walks through doors and into furniture.
buscar y encontrar 
match
 The notation must be easy for users to remember, write, type and match.
difícil de encontrar 
hard-to-find
 To facilitate access to hard-to-find materials the library staff produces 3 indexes.
dificultad + encontrarse 
difficulty + lie
 The difficulty of timetabling, staffing rotas etc. lies principally in the numerous drafts which usually have to be made to produce the final version.
el que lo encuentre se lo queda 
finders keepers
 Results suggest that people endorse a 'losers weepers' norm more often than they do a 'finders keepers' or 'share and share alike' norm, although all were endorsed.
encontrar aceptación   
find + favour
find + acceptance
find + a home
 Menu-based information retrieval system have found favour because of their apparent simplicity.
 In the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, 1st edition, microforms are treated as books and Brian Enright coined the term metabook in an attempt to solve this problem, but the term did not find wide acceptance = En la primera edición de las Reglas de Catalogación Angloamericanas, las microformas de trataban como libros y Brian Enright acuñó el término metalibro para intentar resolver el problema, pero el término no encontró aceptación.
 It has become apparent that videodisc technology is finding a home among the designers and developers of health-related information systems = Es obvio que la tecnología del videodisco está encontrando un hueco entre los diseñadores y desarrolladores de los sistemas de información relacionados con la salud.
encontrar + Adjetivo + de + Infinitivo 
find it + Adjetivo + to + Infinitivo
 Many searchers find it convenient to store search results in a disk file.
encontrar afinidades 
find + common ground
 By discovering what they read teacher/librarian and pupil find common ground, a point of departure for the child, into the unfamiliar.
encontrar Algo demasiado difícil 
be out of + Posesivo + league
 Every leader faces them: times when they are out of their league, times when they feel like a fish out of water.
encontrar Algo difícil  
have + a hard time
have + a tough time
 Scholars are going to have a hard time finding that reference.
 He had a tough time lugging his lumpy, oversized travelbag onto the plane and stuffing it in the overhead bin.
encontrar alojamiento 
find + a home
 This service concentrated on helping people to purchase houses and to find jobs and homes outside London.
encontrar aplicación práctica 
find + application
 In various guises, the basic concepts have found application in the design of a number of special classification schemes.
encontrar casa 
find + a home
 This service concentrated on helping people to purchase houses and to find jobs and homes outside London.
encontrar confortable 
find + comfortable
 Some librarians find it more comfortable to stifle their professional consciences and take the question at its face value, disregarding any suspicion they may feel that it is not what the enquirer really needs.
encontrar cosas comunes 
find + common ground
 By discovering what they read teacher/librarian and pupil find common ground, a point of departure for the child, into the unfamiliar.
encontrar defectos 
fault
 What I would really like to fault her on is not her views on the role of the federal government but on her simplistic view of the online catalog.
encontrar defectos en  
find + fault with
see + faults in
 I will add that since I have been working with the access LC provides to materials on women, a basic fault that I have found with LC subject cataloging is the absence of specificity.
 After having read many novels by many different authors, one gets less partisan, one is able to see faults even in one's favorites.
encontrar difícil de explicar 
be hard put to explain
 The librarian searching for material on pop festivals who finds three substantial reports listed in the annual Government publications may be hard put to explain why he looked in such an apparently unlikely source.
encontrar difícil + Infinitivo 
find it hard to + Infinitivo
 I have all too often heard 'I am supposed to write a term paper on the architecture of the Cathedral of Florence and I looked in the catalog and couldn't find anything'; users find it hard to believe such precision would not be used.
encontrar dificultades  
encounter + difficulties
encounter + limitations
 This article discusses the terms of reference and aims of the project, the difficulties encountered in the creation of a centre for the whole of Latin America, and growth and termination of the UNESCO Technical Assistance Mission.
 The difficulties and limitations encountered in moving from print to electronic publishing are highlighted.
encontrar divertido 
feel + amused
 We even react as though it were all happening to us by feeling sad or happy, frightened or angry, amused or scandalized, and so on.
encontrar eco en 
find + echo in
 Many of the views of the public librarians surveyed here find echoes in prescriptive studies about the advantages of weeding.
encontrar el camino  
wayfinding
wind + Posesivo + way
 The author identifies the architectural barriers in library buildings facing disabled users with particular reference to wayfinding and the provision of suitable signage.
 Polaris has long been an important star to sailors of old winding their way over the oceans by night.
encontrar el camino a 
find + Posesivo + way to
 He found his way quickly and easily to the materials he needed.
encontrar el camino de vuelta 
find + Posesivo + way back
 It seems that classification is like nature: if you drive her out with a pitchfork, she will soon find her way back.
encontrar el dinero 
come up with + the money
 The sale fell through recently, after the buyer was unable to come up with the money.
encontrar el equilibrio 
strike + the right note
 It is worth some time and trouble to strike the right note of pride and frugality.
encontrar el modo de   
find + a way of/to
come up with + a way to
devise + a way to/of
 They simply must find new ways of storing and retrieving that information more rapidly and more concisely in ways that can compete with the commercial challengers.
 I gave it a lot of thought but sadly I couldn't come up with a way to go about it.
 The author considers the need to devise a way of addressing unforeseen problems.
encontrar el modo de paliar un problema 
find + a way (a)round a problem
 Opportunities for innovation come from unexpected successes or unexpected failures and that ways round problems in dealing with innovation must be found.
encontrar el modo de regresar 
find + Posesivo + way back
 It seems that classification is like nature: if you drive her out with a pitchfork, she will soon find her way back.
encontrar el punto medio 
strike + the right note
 It is worth some time and trouble to strike the right note of pride and frugality.
encontrar el sentido de 
make + sense from/out of
 Trying to reason out or make sense from an obsessive thought usually only strengthens the thought.
encontrar el tiempo 
make + an opportunity
 He said that if he is put back into power he will make an opportunity for dialogue with other political forces in the country.
encontrar en abundancia 
find + in abundance
 Non-musical sound recordings are to be found in abundance covering such items as poetry readings, plays, children's stories and 'talking books' for the blind.
encontrar evidencias 
find + evidence
 No clear evidence was found to indicate that Roman Iberia had public libraries similar to those established elsewhere in the empire.
encontrar expresión 
find + expression
 The majority of respondents to the study believe that SLIS are offering a type of education that rarely find expression elsewhere.
encontrar gracioso  [Generalmente con el sentido de "encontrar gracioso" [laugh off] y no de "burlarse" [laugh at/down]]
laugh about
 If you are going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now.
encontrar gran placer en 
find + great pleasure in
 I find great pleasure in using color out of context to express emotion and to entertain the viewer.
encontrar hasta en la sopa   
a bad penny always turns up
turn up like + a bad penny
look what the cat (has) dragged in!
 However, like my professor likes to say, 'A bad penny always turns up'.
 To make matters worse, Rebecca seems to be after Mark, turning up like a bad penny at every social event that he and Bridget are attending.
 When I said hello he turned to his gaggle of friends and said 'look what the cat dragged in!' or something lame like that.
encontrar humor en 
find + humour in
 Shrigley finds humour in flat depictions of the inconsequential, the unavailing and the bizarre - although he is far fonder of violent or otherwise disquieting subject matter.
encontrar información 
dredge up + information
 It is never, however, easy to dredge up information on the exact scope of ephemera collections.
encontrar justificación 
build + a case for
 Then, with a kind of energetic abruptness, Bough said that they could try to build a case for keeping the budget intact.
encontrar la forma de   
devise + a way to/of
come up with + a way to
find + a way of/to
 The author considers the need to devise a way of addressing unforeseen problems.
 I gave it a lot of thought but sadly I couldn't come up with a way to go about it.
 They simply must find new ways of storing and retrieving that information more rapidly and more concisely in ways that can compete with the commercial challengers.
encontrar la fórmula para  [Literalmente significa "eliminar la necesidad de tener que hacer Algo a base de conjeturas"]
take + the guesswork out of
 Sports physiology can be used to take much of the guesswork out of training and performance.
encontrar la horma de + Posesivo + zapato 
meet + Posesivo + match
 As many people now know, text messages roaming around the grapevine such as 'the lady finally met her match' is for real.
encontrar la manera de   
come up with + a way to
devise + a way to/of
find + a way of/to
 I gave it a lot of thought but sadly I couldn't come up with a way to go about it.
 The author considers the need to devise a way of addressing unforeseen problems.
 They simply must find new ways of storing and retrieving that information more rapidly and more concisely in ways that can compete with the commercial challengers.
encontrar la realización de Uno 
be + Posesivo + big scene
 For the reference librarian his big scene is the reference search: the trap to be avoided here is over-playing.
encontrar la salida a 
find + a/the way out of
 These descriptions are seen as a key factor to finding a way out of the growing problems of traversing an ever expanding Web.
encontrar la verdad 
find + the truth
 Finding the truth is difficult when we're faced with conflicting views from thousands of media and Internet sources.
encontrarle defectos a todo 
nitpick
 Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
encontrarle el truco a Algo  
have + a handle on
get + a handle on
 'I sure wish I had a better handle on this contract language,' he said.
 Children get a handle on personal responsibility by holding a library card of their own, a card that gives them access to new worlds.
encontrarle el truquillo a Algo  
have + a handle on
get + a handle on
 'I sure wish I had a better handle on this contract language,' he said.
 Children get a handle on personal responsibility by holding a library card of their own, a card that gives them access to new worlds.
encontrarle faltas a todo 
nitpick
 Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
encontrar limitaciones 
encounter + limitations
 The difficulties and limitations encountered in moving from print to electronic publishing are highlighted.
encontrar muy difícil  [Hacer algo]
be hard-pushed to
 And even if you are very well traveled, you will be hard-pushed to think of a place with more interior designers and furniture shops than here.
encontrar oposición  
meet with + opposition
find + opposition
 The ruling, which spells out academic requirements for athletes who play at universities, has met with much opposition, the primary criticism being that the ruling is racially discriminatory.
 Some librarians have found opposition to the setting up of 'alternative rooms' containing 'movement publications and trade books on women's and gay liberation, the third world, imperialism, yoga, rock music, the draft, prisons, the counter-culture, communes, social change'.
encontrar partidarios 
find + friends
 It is the ideology which was urged against Panizzi and was cogently disproved by him before the Royal Commission but whose seductive simplicity has always found friends to keep it alive.
encontrar placer  
find + delight
find + enjoyment
 There is a new profession of trail blazers, those who find delight in the task of establishing useful trails through the enourmous mass of records.
 Come to reading willingly, seeking many pleasures from books, and you soon find enjoyment.
encontrar por casualidad     
come across
chance on/upon
stumble on(to)
stumble across
run across
 In a jumble of old papers I recently came across the photograph of a young man striding through a classroom door.
 He declared that he had chanced on the name while searching the map for a name that would sound appropriately southern Italian.
 While trying to figure out ways to cut fat from my diet, I stumbled on a great basic nonfat salad dressing that is terrific all by itself.
 I stumbled across it while zapping through the channels and it seemed like a 'real' documentary.
 Months after I stopped taking the painkillers I ran across them under the sink.
encontrar + Posesivo + lugar  
find + Posesivo + place
find + Posesivo + home
 I'm just a lonely girl trying to find her place in this world but failing miserably and causing everyone around me pain.
 She majored in Economics and was in the corporate world before finding her home in higher education.
encontrar + Posesivo + propio techo 
find + Posesivo + own roof
 My friend's boyfriend picked me up at the airport and he let me crashed at his place until I can find my own roof.
encontrar + Posesivo + sitio   
find + a home
find + Posesivo + place
find + Posesivo + home
 It has become apparent that videodisc technology is finding a home among the designers and developers of health-related information systems = Es obvio que la tecnología del videodisco está encontrando un hueco entre los diseñadores y desarrolladores de los sistemas de información relacionados con la salud.
 I'm just a lonely girl trying to find her place in this world but failing miserably and causing everyone around me pain.
 She majored in Economics and was in the corporate world before finding her home in higher education.
encontrar pruebas 
find + evidence
 No clear evidence was found to indicate that Roman Iberia had public libraries similar to those established elsewhere in the empire.
encontrar refugio 
find + refuge
 Ontario has become an international 'penal colony' for alleged Italian Mafia figures who find refuge here untouched by Canadian law.
encontrarse       [Normalmente usado para referirse a una situación incierta, difícil o complicada] 
occur
be positioned
reside
stand (up)on
come upon
be poised
find + Reflexivo
 In DOBIS/LIBIS, this occurs only when entering multiple surnames.
 The cursor is always positioned at the beginning of the first field in which input can be made.
 Column ten is the CD-ROM disc number on which the MARC record resides.
 Thus, as we stand on the threshold of what is undoubtedly a new era in catalog control, it is worth considering to what extent the traditional services of the Library will continue in the forms now available.
 The term Hyptertext generaly describes a medium wherein a reader can study a particular document and, coming upon a word or phrase that he or she does not understand, open a second document that provides further information.
 We are all aware of the nature of the threshold on which the catalog - that often maligned instrument that spells the difference between the library as a chaotic warehouse of recorded artifacts and a coherent collection of information organized for efficient access - is poised.
 She took a shine to Sheldon, and before he knows what has happened, the misanthropic physicist finds himself with a girlfriend.
encontrarse a gusto  
be at ease
feel at + ease
 In all public contacts, one strives to maintain a basic level of social graces by deploying the force and warmth of one's personality to ensure that the other person is at ease.
 Lisa lay back, her hair spilling across the pillow, without a stitch on, wondering how she could feel so completely at ease with him.
encontrarse ante una disyuntiva 
stumble into + a predicament
 At the time he was conscious of but one thing - that he had stumbled into a predicament which might easily cost him his life.
encontrarse ante un dilema 
stumble into + a predicament
 At the time he was conscious of but one thing - that he had stumbled into a predicament which might easily cost him his life.
encontrarse ante un reto 
in the face of + challenge
 In the face of these challenges, developing nations start from a position of weakness, based on low levels of capital formation and rapid population growth.
encontrarse cara a cara 
come + face to face
 If they come face to face in a fight to death, is it really that hard to imagine who would win?.
encontrarse cómodo  
be at ease
feel at + ease
 In all public contacts, one strives to maintain a basic level of social graces by deploying the force and warmth of one's personality to ensure that the other person is at ease.
 Lisa lay back, her hair spilling across the pillow, without a stitch on, wondering how she could feel so completely at ease with him.
encontrarse con      
meet
run into
cross + Posesivo + path
cross + paths with
come across
run across
 Stopping a few miles north of where the Lewark meets the great Modoc River in what is now called the American midwest, they constructed a humble cabin and began trading with river men and friendly Indians.
 If they were watching the nimble movements of a compositor as he gathered the types from the hundred and fifty-two boxes of his case, they would run into a ream of wetted paper weighted down with paving stones.
 Based on hundreds of interviews with Hollywood's power players, she weaves Eisner's story together with those who have crossed his path.
 Some of you old timers are likely stealing a smile as you read this, tinking that you were lucky not to have crossed paths with him.
 In a jumble of old papers I recently came across the photograph of a young man striding through a classroom door.
 Months after I stopped taking the painkillers I ran across them under the sink.
encontrarse (con) 
meet up (with)
 Try to meet up with them, and share the experience of your first IFLA conference.
encontrarse con dificultades 
run up against + difficulties
 Traditional logic-based approaches to legal expert systems run up against difficulties when dealing with conflicts about the rules themselves.
encontrarse confortable  
be at ease
feel at + ease
 In all public contacts, one strives to maintain a basic level of social graces by deploying the force and warmth of one's personality to ensure that the other person is at ease.
 Lisa lay back, her hair spilling across the pillow, without a stitch on, wondering how she could feel so completely at ease with him.
encontrarse con problemas 
run into + trouble
 Unless the librarian is alert enough to detect this, either immediately or during the subsequent conversation, he will run into trouble.
encontrarse con sorpresas 
encounter + surprises
 Steinhagen considered herself lucky because she had a clear notion of what her host country expected of her and encountered few surprises.
encontrarse con una barrera 
face + a barrier
 The limitations and barriers faced by rural libraries and residents in obtaining the information they need and want are examined = Se analizan las barreras y las limitaciones con las que se encuentran las bibliotecas y los habitantes de las zonas rurales de consguir la información que necesitan y requieren.
encontrarse con una limitación 
face + a limitation
 The limitations and barriers faced by rural libraries and residents in obtaining the information they need and want are examined = Se analizan las barreras y las limitaciones con las que se encuentran las bibliotecas y los habitantes de las zonas rurales de consguir la información que necesitan y requieren.
encontrarse con un amigo 
meet + a friend
 He said she was intending to catch the bus to Doncaster town centre where she was going to meet a friend.
encontrarse con una situación  
come across + situation
meet + situation
 This is not to say that scholarly authors are so altruistic that they are prepared to write books for nothing; indeed in my own researches I have come across situations where authors felt deeply about the way that publishers had treated them financially.
 In other words, to make sense of life-situations and to make intelligent decisions when we meet them, we need to have pondered the various possibilities either before the situations arise or with speed and sureness when they arise.
encontrarse con una sorpresa desagradable  
rude awakening + be in store
be in for a rude awakening
 A rude awakening may be in store when they discover that their college or university professors require them to use scholarly resources.
 The incoherence of the existing norms still protects each of us in our individual spheres, but we might be in for a rude awakening.
encontrarse con una traba  
face + a limitation
face + a barrier
 The limitations and barriers faced by rural libraries and residents in obtaining the information they need and want are examined = Se analizan las barreras y las limitaciones con las que se encuentran las bibliotecas y los habitantes de las zonas rurales de consguir la información que necesitan y requieren.
 The limitations and barriers faced by rural libraries and residents in obtaining the information they need and want are examined = Se analizan las barreras y las limitaciones con las que se encuentran las bibliotecas y los habitantes de las zonas rurales de consguir la información que necesitan y requieren.
encontrarse con un obstáculo 
face + an obstacle
 Results of a survey are discussed and show that chemistry departments face major obstacles in implementing information instruction.
encontrarse con un problema    
encounter + problem
meet with + problem
run up against + issue
come across + problem
 The problems that might be encountered in using chain indexing with DC can be grouped into three categories.
 These are circumstances in which natural language indexing meets with many problems.
 The introduction of virtual technologies in museums runs up against the issue of the situated character of information use.
 If when you are working you come across a problem which perplexes you, you should write to someone in the field who may be able to help you.
encontrarse en  [Verbo irregular: pasado lay, participio lain, gerundio lying] 
lie (in)
be based at
 The main limitation of this pragmatic approach lies in the time and collection dependency of the resulting tool.
 The Lending Division, which is based at Boston Spa in Yorkshire, was formed by the amalgamation of the National Central Library and the National Lending Library for Science and Technology (NLL).
encontrarse en casa 
be in
 He wasn't in when we arrived at the farm, but we hung about like 2 freaky stalkers and finally got to speak to him.
encontrarse en desventaja 
find + Reflexivo + at a disadvantage
 Indeed the only time Kelly finds herself at a disadvantage is when she has to compete against her sister she says.
encontrarse en dificultades 
find + Reflexivo + in difficulties
 Many texts can indeed be edited according to the rules, but some cannot, and the editor may find himself in difficulties.
encontrarse en el trasfondo de 
lie at + the root of
 Telecommunications technology lies at the root of formal concepts such as Inter-Information Subjects Networks (IISNs) and National Information Systems (NISs), developed in the last few years.
encontrarse en una mejor situación económica 
be economically better off
 The skilled workers use it more than the unskilled, and the people who are economically better off use it more than the poorer people.
encontrarse en una situación idónea para  
be well-placed to
be well-positioned to
 Libraries are also well-placed to offer desktop publishing as a resource to their readers.
 Canada is well-positioned to reassert its place on the world stage as an interlocutor between the existing and emerging global powers.
encontrarse en una situación privilegiada para  
be well-positioned to
be well-placed to
 Canada is well-positioned to reassert its place on the world stage as an interlocutor between the existing and emerging global powers.
 Libraries are also well-placed to offer desktop publishing as a resource to their readers.
encontrarse en un dilema 
be caught in a conundrum
 Libraries are therefore caught in a conundrum.
encontrarse en un impás 
face + an impasse
 The impasse facing many SLIS is that they have always been net importers of service teaching in the past and have very little 'currency' available to pay for imported expertise.
encontrarse en ventaja 
find + Reflexivo + at an advantage
 Those with a naturally concise writing style and an affinity for language may find themselves at an advantage in learning to abstract.
encontrarse fuera de lugar     
be out of + Posesivo + element
be out of place
feel out of + Posesivo + element
feel out of + place
feel + inadequate
 His urbane manner, formidable erudition, and background experience might have led one to conclude that perhaps he was somewhat out of his element there on the prairie.
 The 'Afrocentric-Eurocentric approaches' dichotomy is strangely out of place in an African context and is curiously out of touch wit the issues that are significant in library and information work.
 Although she made a strong first impression, she admits that she feels somewhat out of her element.
 I feel out of place because I don't drink, do drugs, smoke or wear make-up.
 But neophytes should not be discouraged if they feel a little inadequate from time to time.
encontrarse fuera de + Posesivo + elemento 
feel out of + Posesivo + element
 Although she made a strong first impression, she admits that she feels somewhat out of her element.
encontrarse fuera de sitio  
feel out of + place
feel + inadequate
 I feel out of place because I don't drink, do drugs, smoke or wear make-up.
 But neophytes should not be discouraged if they feel a little inadequate from time to time.
encontrarse mal      
feel + rotten
feel + bad
feel under + the weather
be under the weather
feel + wrong
feel + shitty
 He feels rotten because he has to face his parents and tell them he was kicked out of yet another school.
 Herzberg developed a questionnaire that required lengthy descriptive reports of events that made the worker feel good or bad.
 Staying out late, lots of glasses of wine and having way too much fun has resulted in us both feeling under the weather all weekend long.
 Michael Jackson is 'a little bit under the weather,' but hasn't sought hospital treatment, his spokeswoman said.
 Usually, when I have trouble sleeping it's not because I feel wrong or anything like that, it just happens.
 Add to that the fact that I've been feeling shitty for days and you have the makings of major drama.
encontrarse perdido en el mar 
be lost at sea
 He was said to have lit a stormy petrel on fire and follow it through the storm and fog to shore while he was lost at sea.
encontrarse (todos) en la misma situación  [Usado generalmente en sentido figurado]
be (all) in the same boat
 We're all in the same boat, and if part of it sinks, probably the rest of it does, too.
encontrar simpatizantes 
find + friends
 It is the ideology which was urged against Panizzi and was cogently disproved by him before the Royal Commission but whose seductive simplicity has always found friends to keep it alive.
encontrar suerte   
be in for a good thing
come in for + a good thing
be into a good thing
 The value of shares were steadily rising and we began to hope that we might be in for a good thing at last.
 They are the kind who complain of their hard luck when some one else happens to come in for a good thing.
 They are plainly and simply greedy people who are into a good thing.
encontrar su propio modo de actuar 
find + Posesivo + own way
 For much study and research, the researcher must find his own way, at least initially, because he has not yet clarified his mind or his aim to the point where he can pose precise questions.
encontrar tiempo 
find + time
 The library has 9 staff who, apart from serving the 1,500 visitors a month, also find time to compile subject guides to the collection.
encontrar trabajo 
find + a job
 This service concentrated on helping people to purchase houses and to find jobs and homes outside London.
encontrar trabajo en una biblioteca 
join + a library
 The librarian who joins a library with such a program is fortunate.
encontrar una salida a 
find + a/the way out of
 These descriptions are seen as a key factor to finding a way out of the growing problems of traversing an ever expanding Web.
encontrar una solución   
find + solution
develop + solution
work out + a solution
 This may be obvious but circumstances do arise that will test the patience of a saint; those are the times to keep plugging on until solution is found.
 This article discusses indexing principles, the problems of indexing and some of the solutions developed by indexers.
 Using one or more of these methods it is normally possible to work out a solution.
encontrar un chollo   
come in for + a good thing
be in for a good thing
be into a good thing
 They are the kind who complain of their hard luck when some one else happens to come in for a good thing.
 The value of shares were steadily rising and we began to hope that we might be in for a good thing at last.
 They are plainly and simply greedy people who are into a good thing.
encontrar un equilibrio 
find + a balance
 The article concludes that the basic challenge is to find and maintain a realistic balance between open transborder data flow and national concerns and priorities.
encontrar un filón 
strike + a (rich) vein
 Milan have struck a rich vein of form of late, and will look to continue the same in this match.
encontrar un hueco 
find + a home
 It has become apparent that videodisc technology is finding a home among the designers and developers of health-related information systems = Es obvio que la tecnología del videodisco está encontrando un hueco entre los diseñadores y desarrolladores de los sistemas de información relacionados con la salud.
encontrar un lugar donde 
find + a place where
 I would definitely recommend trying to find a place where the rent includes all bills.
encontrar un lugar para 
find + a place to
 You need to know what documents to bring, what to expect in the first few days and weeks, how to find a place to live and much more.
encontrar un plan 
come up with + a plan
 In other words, they want us to start from scratch and come up with a plan for a full-service center, which might then be used as a model for the other regional centers.
encontrar un término medio entre y 
tread + a middle path between ... and
 This lavishly illustrated book ultimately fails in its attempt to tread a middle path between the scholarly and popular approaches to the Roman amphitheatre.
intentar encontrar un término medio entre y  
tread + a delicate line between ... and
 Juxtaposing harrowing scenes of a family in grief with high comedy, this film does not so much tread a delicate line between these two modes as career wildly between them like a drunken mourner.
no encontrar nada + Adjetivo 
find far from + Adjetivo
 Every one looked like death warmed up, including the snobby staff who I found far from welcoming.
no encontrar palabras  
be at a loss for words
be lost for words
 The readers' services librarian was at a loss for words.
 Being lost for words is a major frustration for both Alzheimer's and semantic dementia patients.
orígenes + encontrarse 
origins + lie
 The origins of the Internet lie in the various academic and research computer networks which developed in the 70s and 80s.
problema + encontrarse 
problem + lie
 The problem that lies at the base of the librarian/faculty conflict is that many members of the teaching faculty have no idea of what librarians do.
respuesta + encontrar 
answer + lie
 Again, there is no instant solution; the answer must lie in a lengthy process of trying to change the public's image of the library.
ser difícil de encontrar 
be hard to find
 Serial specialists are hard to find.
solución + encontrarse en 
solution + lie in
 The solution appears to lie in a two-pronged attack.

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Examples of use in the Spanish literature, quotes and news about encontrar

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10 SPANISH QUOTES WITH «ENCONTRAR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word encontrar.
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Amado Nervo
¿Vale acaso la pena haber vivido, para encontrar, después de tantas cosas que, sin duda, las horas más hermosas son las que hemos dormido?
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André Gide
Mi propia posición en el cielo con relación al Sol no debe hacerme encontrar menos bella la aurora.
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Claude Mermet
Los amigos de la hora presente son como los melones: hay que probar cincuenta antes de encontrar uno bueno.
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Francis Bacon
Mentid para encontrar la verdad.
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Jean De La Bruyère
Un amigo fiel es bastante para un hombre; lo difícil es encontrar un amigo fiel.
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John H. Newman
El que pretende que la religión se debe encontrar en la iglesia, puede abstenerse de ir a la iglesia.
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John Huston
Los críticos no han conseguido nunca encontrar un tema unificador en mis películas. A decir verdad, tampoco yo.
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Joseph Joubert
La poesía no se puede encontrar en ninguna parte, a no ser que la llevemos nosotros mismos.
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Michel E. De Montaigne
Tantos millones de hombres enterrados antes que nosotros nos animan a no temer al ir a encontrar tan buena compañía en el otro mundo.
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Modesto Lafuente
La satisfacción de encontrar un solo agradecido compensa las amarguras de muchas ingratitudes.

2 SPANISH PROVERBS WITH THE WORD «ENCONTRAR»

Una aguja en un pajar, es difícil de encontrar.
¡Mira que dicha, perder el asno y encontrar la cincha!

10 SPANISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ENCONTRAR»

Discover the use of encontrar in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to encontrar and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in Spanish literature.
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Cómo Encontrar Su Pareja Perfecta
Where do you find a lifelong partner? This book is rich with practical guidelines developed by the author, a well-known marriage enrichment expert and counselor.
H. Norman Wright, 2006
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Encontrar el sentido a los datos cualitativos: estrategias ...
Los autores Amanda Coffey y Paul Atkinson subrayan la diversidad de enfoques a disp"
Amanda Coffey, Paul Atkinson, 2003
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Como encontrar a tu principe azul y no morir en el intento: ...
Lisa Helmanis tiene una cosa clara, su experiencia como mujer y como redactora se lo ha enseñado, las mujeres deben aprender a decir que no se van a conformar con las migajas afectivas, sexuales o emotivas de los hombres, y así nos lo ...
Lisa Helmanis, 2010
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Mandalas: cómo encontrar lo divino en ti
A BOOK TO FIND OUT THE DIVINE INSIDE EVERY HUMAN BEING THROUGH MEDITATION AND THE DIFFERENTS SHAPES AND COLORS OF MANDALAS.
Rüdiger Dahlke, 1997
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Como encontrar pareja después de los 35
". Rachel Greenwald es MBA por la Harvard Business School y BA en psicología por el Wellesley College. Se dedica a impartir seminarios.
Rachel Greenwald, 2012
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El hombre que quería Encontrar a Dios: Relatos y enseñanzas ...
He aquí por primera vez reunidas las historias de la enseñanza de Shantanand Saraswati Shankaracharya recogidas desde 1953 hasta su retiro en 1980.
Shantanand Saraswati, 1998
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Cómo encontrar a su alma gemela: Halle su pareja espiritual ...
Alguien muy especial -su alma gemela- anhela estar con usted tanto como usted desea encontrarse con ella.
Michael, 1995
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Cómo encontrar y reconocer fósiles y dinosaurios
Este libro le ayudara a interpretar los fosiles, a localizarlos y descubrir aquellos lugares donde los dinosaurios dejaron sus huellas fosilizadas sobre grandes lastras de piedra.Jorge Blaschke es escritor y periodista, Premio Nacional de ...
Jordi Blaschke, Jorge Blaschke, 1999
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CÓMO ENCONTRAR TRABAJO HOY: Desde la preparación del ...
La autora demuestra un gran conocimiento de los retos actuales del mercado laboral y cada lector se beneficiará de sus aportaciones y puntos de vista. El libro propone 6 pasos muy fáciles de llevar a cabo
Marta R. de Llauder, 2010
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COMO ENCONTRAR TU MEDIA NARANJA: Manual de supervivencia ...
Otto Haugland es escritor y profesor especializado en la creación de imagen positiva y relaciones personales.
OTTO HAUGLAND, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ENCONTRAR»

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'Pokémon Go': Sitios Web y apps para encontrar pokéstops ...
Mientras algunas personas pueden considerar que utilizar estas herramientas es hacer trampa, con ellas puedes encontrar pokémons más rápido y descubrir ... «CNET en Español, Jul 16»
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Los sectores en los que encontrar empleo durante el verano
REDACCIÓN Encontrar empleo en España continua siendo una tarea complicada, a pesar de los datos positivos publicados recientemente por el Ministerio de ... «La Opinión de Murcia, Jul 16»
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Facebook: El nuevo reto visual de Facebook y Pokémon GO ...
Ni los «gatetes» ocultos en imágenes (muchos de ellos muy monos e imposibles de encontrar, por cierto), ni los bestiales fallos de Photoshop que, una vez ... «ABC.es, Jul 16»
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El 'olor a muerte' las llevó a encontrar un cuerpo más
Con la voz quebrantada por la desesperación y el dolor de no poder encontrar a su hijo y sus sobrinos, una de las rastreadoras señaló que no se trata de sus ... «EL DEBATE, Jul 16»
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¿Cuánto se tarda en encontrar trabajo después de quedarse en paro?
Los menores de 35 años tardan de media nueve meses en encontrar trabajo, mientras que los mayores de 55 pueden llegar hasta los dos años. «Te Interesa, Jun 16»
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Si estás desempleado, Messenger te ayudará a encontrar trabajo
Encontrar trabajo en internet ha evolucionado de distintas maneras, pasando de los simples listados a las redes sociales como LinkedIn, y ahora incluso los ... «Merca2.0, Jun 16»
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¿Quieres saber quién lo tiene más fácil para encontrar empleo?
Además, la edad es otro factor que incrementa o disminuye las oportunidades de encontrar un puesto de trabajo. Mientras que los jóvenes de entre 25 y 24 han ... «El Mundo, May 16»
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¿Cómo encontrar trabajo a través de Twitter?
Hasta hace algunos años, la única herramienta para encontrar trabajo era mediante ... En esta ocasión, te proponemos una serie de consejos para encontrar ... «levante.emv.com, May 16»
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Cristiano Ronaldo: nuevo reto viral insta a los fans a encontrar el ...
Este tipo de imágenes se han vuelto virales desde hace semanas en Facebook, ya pasó antes con un panda, C-3po, Kiss y otros personajes. «LaRepública.pe, May 16»
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"Encontrar el amor de nuevo, esta vez con un hombre..."
Wofford se explicó en primera persona, a través de una emotiva columna de opinión que tituló: "Encontrar el amor de nuevo, esta vez con un hombre". Se casan ... «El Mundo, Apr 16»

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