Spanish Verb ENCONTRAR - to find. Irregular AR family

Spanish Verb ENCONTRAR: to find

The Spanish verb encontrar means 'to find ' and is an irregular Spanish AR verb.

To remember this, imagine Dr Livingstone saying to Stanley after being found in the jungles of Africa, "ON the CONTRARY I am happy to be found ...!"

Encontrar changes the stem in the Present, Present Subjunctive and Imperative tenses.
During December a new irregular -AR verb is featured each day to enable you to consolidate an irregular AR verb family. You will learn other verbs with similar patterns such as acostar, tronar, tostar, probar, and others.

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Read on, below the ENCONTRAR verb table...

to find: encontrar
Imagine Dr Livingstone saying to Stanley after being found in the jungles of Africa, "ON the CONTRARY,
I am happy to be found...!"

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE encontrar
Simple Tenses encontrar
TENSE	yo	tú	él, ella, usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present Presente find	encuentro	encuentras	encuentra	encontramos	encontráis	encuentran
Imperfect Imperfecto found	encontraba	encontrabas	encontraba	encontrábamos	encontrabais	encontraban
Preterit Pretérito found	encontré	encontraste	encontró	encontramos	encontrasteis	encontraron
Future Futuro will find	encontraré	encontrarás	encontrará	encontraremos	encontraréis	encontrarán
Conditional Condicional would find	encontraría	encontrarías	encontraría	encontraríamos	encontraríais	encontrarían
Subjunctive Subjuntivo may find	encuentre	encuentres	encuentre	encontremos	encontréis	encuentren
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjuntivo may find	encontrara	encontraras	encontrara	encontráramos	encontrarais	encontraran
	encontrase	encontrases	encontrase	encontrásemos	encontraseis	encontrasen
Imperative Tenses encontrar
Imperative Imperativo find!		¡encuentra!	¡encuentre!	¡encontremos!	¡encontrad!	¡encuentren!
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo don't find!		¡no encuentres!	¡no encuentre!	¡no encontremos!	¡no encontréis!	¡no encuentren!
Compound Tenses encontrar - Past Participle encontrado - found
Present Perfect Perfecto de Indicativo have found	he encontrado	has encontrado	ha encontrado	hemos encontrado	habéis encontrado	han encontrado
Preterit Perfect Pretérito Anterior had found	hube encontrado	hubiste encontrado	hubo encontrado	hubimos encontrado	hubisteis encontrado	hubieron encontrado
Past Perfect Pluscuamperfecto had found	había encontrado	habías encontrado	había encontrado	habíamos encontrado	habíais encontrado	habían encontrado
Present Perfect Subjunctive Presente perfecto have found	haya encontrado	hayas encontrado	haya encontrado	hayamos encontrado	hayáis encontrado	hayan encontrado
Future Perfect Futuro Perfecto will have found	habré encontrado	habrás encontrado	habrá encontrado	habremos encontrado	habréis encontrado	habrán encontrado
Conditional Perfect Condicional Perfecto would have found	habría encontrado	habrías encontrado	habría encontrado	habríamos encontrado	habríais encontrado	habrían encontrado
Pluperfect Pluscuamperfecto may have found	hubiera encontrado	hubieras encontrado	hubiera encontrado	hubiéramos encontrado	hubierais encontrado	hubieran encontrado
Pluperfect Pluscuamperfecto may have found	hubiese encontrado	hubieses encontrado	hubiese encontrado	hubiésemos encontrado	hubieseis encontrado	hubiesen encontrado
Progressive Tenses: Present Participle encontrando - finding
Present Progressive Presente Progressivo am finding	estoy encontrando	estás encontrando	está encontrando	estamos encontrando	está encontrando	están encontrando
Preterit Progressive Pretérito was finding	estuve encontrando	estuviste encontrando	estuvo encontrando	estuvimos encontrando	estuvisteis encontrando	estuvieron encontrando
Imperfect Progressive Imperfecto had been finding	estaba encontrando	estabas encontrando	estaba encontrando	estábamos encontrando	estabais encontrando	estaban encontrando
Future Progressive Futuro Perfecto will be finding	estaré encontrando	estarás encontrando	estará encontrando	estaremos encontrando	estaréis encontrando	estarán encontrando
Conditional Progressive Condicional perfecto would've been finding	estaría encontrando	estarías encontrando	estabría encontrando	estaríamos encontrando	estaríais encontrando	estarían encontrando
Subjunctive Progressive Subjuntivo may've been finding	que ~ encontrando	que ~ encontrando	que ~ encontrando	que ~ encontrando	que ~ encontrando	que ~ encontrando

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encontrar can also mean: to discover, to spot, to come across.
encontrarse (vr): to meet/encounter/find someone, to bump into someone.
encontrarse a sí mismo: to find oneself.

el encuentro (nm) : meeting, encounter (casual).
salir al encuentro de alguien: to be met/greeted by someone.

el encontradizo (nm/f): chance meeting.
hacerse el encontradizo: to pretend to have a chance meeting.

vos replaces tú - you, informal, singular -
- in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and also in some countries of Central America.
Sometimes it also replaces the formal singular 'Usted'.
In irregular AR verbs, the conjugations remain the same as for tú except for the addition of accents in the following tenses:
Presente: vos encontrás
Imperativo: ¡encontrá!

HOW TO CONQUER SPANISH VERB CONJUGATION

The Spanish verb for find encontrar is an Irregular AR verb.
Learn to conjugate encontrar and it will reinforce this irregular pattern.
Do a series of verbs every day for a month and you will have a solid knowledge of the verbs' conjugation patterns. Keep doing them with a new one every day from the Spanish Verbs List.
The same applies to the various patterns. Each month we feature a daily verb from one of the major pattern groups.
Repeating these tables aloud 10 times throughout the day will better embed the patterns into your subconscious, and your long term memory.
Reciting aloud is a great way for you to practice your pronunciation, and helps you to memorize the conjugations.

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