encuentro

Deverbal from encontrar.

• IPA^(key): /enˈku͡entɾo/

encuentro m (plural encuentros)

1. encounter, meeting
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 5r:

     Corrio eſau aencuẽtro de ſo ermano. E abraçol ⁊ echo ſobre ſo cuello el braço. E ſaludolo. ⁊ omillos eſau. E toda ſu cõpãna de iacob.

     Esau ran to meet his brother, and he embraced him and put his arm over his neck. And he greeted him and bowed before Esau, and so too all of Jacob's company.

• Spanish: encuentro

• IPA^(key): /enˈkwentɾo/ [ẽŋˈkwẽn̪.t̪ɾo]

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• Rhymes: -entɾo
• Syllabification: en‧cuen‧tro

Deverbal from encontrar. From Old Spanish encuentro

encuentro m (plural encuentros)

1. encounter, meeting
2. dispute, row
3. (sports) match, game

   Synonym: partido

4. (automotive) crash, collision

   Synonyms: choque, accidente

5. (military) skirmish, clash

   Synonym: escaramuza

6. (anatomy) underarm, armpit

   Synonyms: axila, sobaco

• junta

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

encuentro

1. first-person singular present indicative of encontrar

• “encuentro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28