encuentro

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Old Spanish

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Etymology

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Deverbal from encontrar.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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.

Descendants

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  • Spanish: encuentro

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /enˈkwentɾo/ [ẽŋˈkwẽn̪.t̪ɾo]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -entɾo
  • Syllabification: en‧cuen‧tro

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from encontrar. From Old Spanish encuentro

Noun

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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
Derived terms
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See also

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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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encuentro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of encontrar

Further reading

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