The Spanish verb encontrarse means "to meet, be located". It is the reflexive form of encontrar ("to find"), so every form carries a pronoun that agrees with the subject: me, te, se, nos or os. Below are its 8 tenses as tables, with the irregular forms marked, 4 example sentences and answers to 3 common questions. Press play next to a present tense form or an example to hear it.
The present tense of encontrarse is yo me encuentro, tú te encuentras, él/ella/usted se encuentra, nosotros nos encontramos, vosotros os encontráis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se encuentran. It is irregular: 4 of its 6 present forms break the regular -ar pattern. Its pronoun (me, te, se, nos or os) comes before each conjugated form and is attached to an affirmative command: encuéntrate.
Forms in orange break the regular -ar pattern.
| yo | me encuentro (irregular) | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | te encuentras (irregular) | |
| él/ | se encuentra (irregular) | |
| nosotros | nos encontramos | |
| vosotros | os encontráis | |
| ellos/ | se encuentran (irregular) |
| yo | me encontré |
|---|---|
| tú | te encontraste |
| él/ | se encontró |
| nosotros | nos encontramos |
| vosotros | os encontrasteis |
| ellos/ | se encontraron |
| yo | me encontraba |
|---|---|
| tú | te encontrabas |
| él/ | se encontraba |
| nosotros | nos encontrábamos |
| vosotros | os encontrabais |
| ellos/ | se encontraban |
| yo | me encontraré |
|---|---|
| tú | te encontrarás |
| él/ | se encontrará |
| nosotros | nos encontraremos |
| vosotros | os encontraréis |
| ellos/ | se encontrarán |
| yo | me encontraría |
|---|---|
| tú | te encontrarías |
| él/ | se encontraría |
| nosotros | nos encontraríamos |
| vosotros | os encontraríais |
| ellos/ | se encontrarían |
| yo | me encuentre (irregular) |
|---|---|
| tú | te encuentres (irregular) |
| él/ | se encuentre (irregular) |
| nosotros | nos encontremos |
| vosotros | os encontréis |
| ellos/ | se encuentren (irregular) |
| tú | encuéntrate (irregular) |
|---|---|
| usted | encuéntrese (irregular) |
| nosotros | encontrémonos |
| vosotros | encontraos |
| ustedes | encuéntrense (irregular) |
| yo | me he encontrado |
|---|---|
| tú | te has encontrado |
| él/ | se ha encontrado |
| nosotros | nos hemos encontrado |
| vosotros | os habéis encontrado |
| ellos/ | se han encontrado |
Encontrarse is irregular: the present has me encuentro and te encuentras, and the present subjunctive has me encuentre. The pronoun comes before conjugated forms, but it attaches to the affirmative imperative and gerund: encuéntrate and encontrándose.
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No. Encontrarse is irregular, with irregular forms in the present, present subjunctive, and affirmative imperative shown in the table.
Encontrarse means to meet or to be located. Encontrar means to find.
The pronoun comes before conjugated forms, as in me encuentro, and attaches to the affirmative imperative and gerund, as in encuéntrate and encontrándose. The past participle is encontrado.