Encontrar conjugation chart
Encontrar present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I find | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you find | |
| vos | you find | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she finds | |
| nosotros | we find | |
| vosotros | you all find | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they find |
The highlighted forms change their stem. Notice that nosotros, vosotros and vos stay out: draw a line around the forms that change and you get a boot, which is why these are called “boot verbs.”
Encontrar preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I found | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you found | |
| vos | you found | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she found | |
| nosotros | we found | |
| vosotros | you all found | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they found |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Encontrar imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I used to find | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you used to find | |
| vos | you used to find | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she used to find | |
| nosotros | we used to find | |
| vosotros | you all used to find | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they used to find |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Encontrar future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will find | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will find | |
| vos | you will find | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will find | |
| nosotros | we will find | |
| vosotros | you all will find | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will find |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Encontrar conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would find | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would find | |
| vos | you would find | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would find | |
| nosotros | we would find | |
| vosotros | you all would find | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would find |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Encontrar present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I find | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you find | |
| vos | that you find | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she find | |
| nosotros | that we find | |
| vosotros | that you all find | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they find |
Irregular in yo, tú, él/ella/usted and ellos/ustedes (in red): encuentre, encuentres…; the other forms are regular.
Encontrar imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I found | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you found | |
| vos | if you found | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she found | |
| nosotros | if we found | |
| vosotros | if you all found | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they found |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
In the subjunctive, vos takes the same form as tú in careful speech. The imperfect subjunctive also has an -se form (encontrase), more common in writing.
Encontrar affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | find! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | find! | |
| usted | find! | |
| nosotros | let's find! | |
| vosotros | find! | |
| ustedes | find! |
The tú form is the él form of the present: encuentra. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (encuentre, encontremos, encuentren).
Encontrar negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't find! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't find! | |
| usted | don't find! | |
| nosotros | let's not find! | |
| vosotros | don't find! | |
| ustedes | don't find! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + encuentres, encuentre…
Always the verb haber + the past participle encontrado, which never changes.
Encontrar present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he encontrado |
|---|---|
| tú | has encontrado |
| vos | has encontrado |
| él, ella, usted | ha encontrado |
| nosotros | hemos encontrado |
| vosotros | habéis encontrado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han encontrado |
Encontrar pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había encontrado |
|---|---|
| tú | habías encontrado |
| vos | habías encontrado |
| él, ella, usted | había encontrado |
| nosotros | habíamos encontrado |
| vosotros | habíais encontrado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían encontrado |
Encontrar future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré encontrado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás encontrado |
| vos | habrás encontrado |
| él, ella, usted | habrá encontrado |
| nosotros | habremos encontrado |
| vosotros | habréis encontrado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán encontrado |
Encontrar conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría encontrado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías encontrado |
| vos | habrías encontrado |
| él, ella, usted | habría encontrado |
| nosotros | habríamos encontrado |
| vosotros | habríais encontrado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían encontrado |
Encontrar present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya encontrado |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas encontrado |
| vos | hayas encontrado |
| él, ella, usted | haya encontrado |
| nosotros | hayamos encontrado |
| vosotros | hayáis encontrado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan encontrado |
In Latin America, ustedes is the only “you all”; vosotros is used only in Spain. Vos is used in Argentina, Uruguay and much of Central America. Uncheck the boxes above to hide what you don’t need.
Watch out
Encontrar is “to find”: no encuentro mi celular is “I can't find my phone.” Meeting up with someone is encontrarse: nos encontramos en la plaza.
Examples with encontrar
No encuentro mi celular.
I can't find my phone.
Nos encontramos en la plaza.
We met up in the square.
Encontré un libro increíble.
I found an amazing book.
Practice encontrar
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Verbs like encontrar
Stem change o → ue (encontrar → encuentras). Same pattern:
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