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encuentro

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sustantivo

encuentro

ver encontrar

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)

verb

b) to encounter. c) to prevent a person in what he is to say or observe.


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R:	Hi Motley. Encuentro means I found and muslos de pollo means chicken thighs.. Hope this helps you.

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