Encontrarlo (en. Find it)

/en.kon.trar.lo/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish

verb

Discover the location of something or someone.

I managed to find him in the store.

Logré encontrarlo en la tienda.

Realize something that had been forgotten.

I finally found the book I had lost.

Finalmente encontré el libro que había perdido.

Locate a person that was being searched for.

It took us a while, but in the end, we managed to find him.

Nos costó, pero al final logramos encontrarlo.

From the verb encontrar, which comes from Latin 'incontrare', meaning 'to come upon something'.

Find everything

Achieve the finding of all desired elements or things.

Encontrarlo todo

Find someone

Come across a person among various options.

Encontrarlo a uno

found

Something that has been discovered.

encontrado

find

The verb in its base form meaning to discover.

encontrar

To unexpectedly find something.

I found him in the least expected place.

Lo encontré en el lugar menos pensado.

To run into someone in an unexpected situation.

I ran into him at the party.

Me encontré con él en la fiesta.