encontrarse con

v.

1 to come across, to meet, to come right across, to fall in with.

María se encontró con Ricardo Mary came across Richard.

2 to bump into, to hit, to hit upon.

3 to come up against, to encounter, to come across, to hit on.

Ella se encontró con la evidencia She came across the evidence.

María se encontró con una tragedia Mary came up against a tragedy.

4 to come up against, to face, to find.

María se encontró con una tragedia Mary came up against a tragedy.

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(v.) = meet, run into, cross + Posesivo + path

Ex. Stopping a few miles north of where the Lewark meets the great Modoc River in what is now called the American midwest, they constructed a humble cabin and began trading with river men and friendly Indians.

Ex. If they were watching the nimble movements of a compositor as he gathered the types from the hundred and fifty-two boxes of his case, they would run into a ream of wetted paper weighted down with paving stones.

Ex. Based on hundreds of interviews with Hollywood's power players, she weaves Eisner's story together with those who have crossed his path.

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(v.) = meet, run into, cross + Posesivo + path

Ex: Stopping a few miles north of where the Lewark meets the great Modoc River in what is now called the American midwest, they constructed a humble cabin and began trading with river men and friendly Indians.

Ex: If they were watching the nimble movements of a compositor as he gathered the types from the hundred and fifty-two boxes of his case, they would run into a ream of wetted paper weighted down with paving stones.

Ex: Based on hundreds of interviews with Hollywood's power players, she weaves Eisner's story together with those who have crossed his path.