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Encontrar Preterite Tense

Explore the Spanish Preterite Tense with the verb encontrar. Our page features a complete conjugation chart, engaging verb games, and sentences that demonstrate encontrar in everyday use. Enhance your Spanish fluency by mastering how to express finding or encountering in conversations. For more on Spanish verbs, visit Spanish conjugation. Perfect your encontrar skills at our encontrar conjugation page.

Verb Meaning(s): to find, to meet

Verb Chart: Encontrar Preterite Tense

Yo

encontré

I found

Nosotros

encontramos

we found

(Juana, Juan)

encontraste

you found

Vosotros

(informal Spain)

encontrasteis

you all found

Él/Ella/Ud.

(Sra./Dr. García)

encontró

he/she/you found

Ellos/Ellas/Uds.

encontraron

they/you all found

Encontrar Preterite Tense Practice

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Preterite Tense

Encontrar Preterite Sentence Examples

1. Ayer encontré una moneda antigua en el parque.
Yesterday, I found an old coin in the park.
2. ¿Encontraste tus llaves que habías perdido?
Did you find your keys that you had lost?
3. Él encontró un error en el informe.
He found a mistake in the report.
4. Ella encontró a su amiga en el centro comercial.
She found her friend at the mall.
5. ¿Encontró Ud. el lugar del evento sin problemas?
Did you find the event location without any problems?
6. Nosotros encontramos un restaurante excelente cerca del hotel.
We found an excellent restaurant near the hotel.
7. ¿Encontraron ellos una solución al problema?
Did they find a solution to the problem?
8. Las chicas encontraron un gatito abandonado en la calle.
The girls found an abandoned kitten on the street.
9. ¿Encontraron Uds. diferencias entre las dos imágenes?
Did you all find differences between the two images?
10. Vosotros encontrasteis una cartera en el autobús.
You all (Spain) found a wallet on the bus.