encuentro

Old Spanish

Etymology

Deverbal from encontrar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enˈku͡entɾo/

Noun

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

• Spanish: encuentro

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

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

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Old Spanish encontrardeverb.

Old Spanish encuentro

Spanish encuentro

Inherited from Old Spanish encuentro.

Noun

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

• encontrón
• encontronazo
• punto de encuentro
• salir al encuentro

Related terms

• encontrar

See also

• junta

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

encuentro

1. first-person singular present indicative of encontrar

   No me encuentro bien. ― I don't feel well

Further reading

• “encuentro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025