encuentro

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meeting

noun

encuentro
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masculine noun
1. meeting, encounter (acción)
  • tuvieron un encuentro fortuito -> they had a chance encounter o meeting
  • fijemos un lugar o sitio de encuentro -> let's decide on a place to meet
  • salir al encuentro de alguien -> to go to meet somebody; (para recibir) to confront somebody (para atacar)
2. game, match (sport)
3. find (hallazgo)

encuentro [en-coo-en’-tro]
noun
1. Knock, a sudden stroke, chock, jostle, clash. (m)
2. Encounter, accidental congress; sudden meeting. (m)
3. Encounter, fight. (m)
4. The act of going to meet and see anyone. (m)
5. Opposition, difficulty. (m)
6. Joint of the wings, in fowls or birds, next to the breast. (m)
7. In the larger quadrupeds, the points of the shoulder-blades. (m)
8. An angle formed by two beams, two walls, etc. Salir al encuentro, a) to go to meet a person in a certain place. (Architecture) (m)
  • Encuentros -> temples of a loom
  • Un encuentro fortuito -> a chance meeting
  • Ir al encuentro de lo desconocido -> to go out to face the unknown
verb
b) to encounter. c) to prevent a person in what he is to say or observe.

"encuentro" in the Answers forum

Q: Muslos de pollo con encuentro
A: Hi Motley. Encuentro means I found and muslos de pollo means chicken thighs.. Hope this helps you.
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A: The reason for this is that the translators (Google, etc) give the most plain, non-offensive translations. Most dictionaries give the most commonly used…
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