encontro

See also: encontró

Galician

Noun

encontro m (plural encontros)

1. meeting, encounter

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈkõ.tɾu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈkõ.tɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈkõ.tɾu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈkõ.tɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈkõ.tɾo/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈkõ.tɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈkõ.tɾu/

• Hyphenation: en‧con‧tro

Etymology 1

Deverbal from encontrar (“to find; to meet with”).

Noun

encontro m (plural encontros)

1. meeting; gathering; get-together; meet-up
2. date (romantic meeting)
3. the act of finding something
4. bump (a light collision)
5. epaulet oriole (Icterus cayanensis, a bird of South America)

Etymology 2

Verb

encontro

1. first-person singular present indicative of encontrar