encounter

encounter
1. verb
1) (to meet especially unexpectedly: She encountered the manager in the hall.) encontrarse (con)
2) (to meet with (difficulties etc): I expect to encounter many difficulties in the course of this job.) enfrentarse, toparse (con)

2. noun
1) (a meeting: I feel that I know him quite well, even after a brief encounter.) encuentro
2) (a fight: The encounter between the armies was fierce.) encuentro
encounter
tr[ɪn'kaʊntəSMALLr/SMALL]
noun
1 encuentro
transitive verb
1 (meet) encontrar, encontrarse con; (be faced with) tropezar con
encounter [ɪn'kaʊntər, ɛn-] vt
1) meet: encontrar, encontrarse con, toparse con, tropezar con
2) fight: combatir, luchar contra
encounter n
: encuentro m
encounter
n.
• encuentro s.m.
• tope s.m.
v.
• encontrar v.
• encontrarse v.
• topar v.

I ɪn'kaʊntər, ɪn'kaʊntə(r)
transitive verb
a) (be faced with) \<\<danger/difficulty/opposition\>\> encontrar*, encontrarse* con
b) (come across) tropezar* or toparse con

II
noun encuentro m

his first encounter with the law — su primer tropiezo con la ley

[ɪn'kaʊntǝ(r)]
1.
N (=meeting, fight) encuentro m
2.
VT [+ person] encontrar, encontrarse con; [+ difficulty, danger, enemy] tropezar con
3.
CPD

encounter group N — grupo m de encuentro

* * *

I [ɪn'kaʊntər, ɪn'kaʊntə(r)]
transitive verb
a) (be faced with) \<\<danger/difficulty/opposition\>\> encontrar*, encontrarse* con
b) (come across) tropezar* or toparse con

II
noun encuentro m

his first encounter with the law — su primer tropiezo con la ley


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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