Use of the word "con"

Question

It's great to know a group of people whom I consider to be experts in the Spanish language. Here is a sentence in an article that I just read, "En casi cualquier ciudad latinoamericana, grande o pequeña, te puedes encontrar con el cibercafé." I don't "get" how "con" fits into this sentence. "find (with, by, although) a cybercafe?" Can you help me understand this?

Answer 1

Yo diría "En casi cualquier ciudad latinoamericana, grande o pequeña, te puedes encontrar un cibercafé." ( el sentido es plurar)

La preposición "con el " en esa frase no tiene mucho sentido. Pues significaría que solo hay uno en la ciudad....

Answer 2

Encontrarse con

Dar con

are very common expressions meaning to find or to encounter a place randomly.

Encontrarse con el cibercafé (liones is right, el cibercafé sounds very specific. I would have said un cibercafé). Dar con un cibercafé means to find a cybercafe.

:) - --Mariana--, Jan 8, 2013

Thank you. That did clear that up for me. - kirk1, Jan 8, 2013