incontrare

Italian

Etymology

From Latin in contrā. Compare Portuguese and Spanish encontrar, French rencontrer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.konˈtra.re/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: in‧con‧trà‧re

Verb

incontràre (first-person singular present incóntro, first-person singular past historic incontrài, past participle incontràto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to meet, come across, bump into, run into, find, encounter
    Synonyms: imbattersi, trovare
  2. (transitive, sports) to play, fight
  3. (intransitive, rare) to happen

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