No. 2,540 in Portuguese
encontram
"Encontram" means "they find" or "they meet" in English.
In a sentence
Os amigos encontram-se no parque para jogar futebol.
The friends meet in the park to play football.
Here, 'encontram' is used reflexively with 'se,' indicating a mutual action where the subject of the verb meets with others.
As soluções encontram-se dentro dos documentos arquivados.
The solutions are within the archived documents.
In this sentence, 'encontram-se' works as a passive construction, meaning the solutions are located/found within the documents.
Encontrei os livros que estavam perdidos.
I found the books that were lost.
The word 'encontram' is part of the verb 'encontrar' which means 'to find,' although in this sentence, a different conjugation 'encontrei' is used in the past tense.
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