Encontrarle (en. Find him)

/en.con.trar.le/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish

verb

Finding a person or thing that was lost.

I finally managed to find him after so much searching.

Finalmente logré encontrarle después de tanta búsqueda.

Coming across someone in a specific place.

I hope to find him at tomorrow's meeting.

Espero encontrarle en la reunión de mañana.

Discovering someone in a particular situation or state.

Upon entering the house, I found him watching television.

Al entrar a la casa, me encontré con él viendo televisión.

From the Spanish encontrar, a verb that can trace its roots to the Latin 'incontras', which means 'to come across'.

Finding a meaning

Finding a meaning or purpose in something.

Encontrarle un sentido

Finding a way around

Finding the solution or way to do something.

Encontrarle la vuelta

Finding the point

Understanding or connecting with something or someone.

Encontrarle el punto

find

Discovering the existence of something being sought.

encontrar

discover

Discovering or finding something or someone.

hallar

locate

Determining the position or place of something or someone.

localizar

Coming across someone.

Yesterday I looked for him but couldn't find him anywhere.

Ayer lo busqué pero no pude encontrarle por ninguna parte.

Catching someone at a specific moment.

I found him on one of his days off, enjoying at the beach.

Lo encontré en uno de sus días libres, disfrutando en la playa.