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eu encontrava

was finding, used to find

→ encontrar
encontr find; encounter + ava I/he/she imperfect
verb · first singular · imperfect indicative Rare #26,843
was finding, used to find Imperfect past tense; can describe an ongoing past action or a habitual past action.
PO: Eu encontrava sempre as minhas chaves na mochila.
EN: I always found my keys in my backpack.
Conjugation of encontrar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First encontrava —
Third encontrava —

Não te encontrava por nenhum lado!

I couldn't find you anywhere!

— O Leopardo (1963)

Por pouco, não o encontrava.

I almost didn't find him.

— O Fabuloso Destino de Amélie Poulain (2001)

Eu não encontrava sentido algum em seu discurso.

I couldn't make any sense of his speech.

Mas não prometeu que não se encontrava com ela!

But he didn't promise he wouldn't meet with her!

— O Auto da Compadecida (2000)

Vez ou outra na escola, ele encontrava um bilhete dela em sua lancheira.

Every now and then at school, he would find a note from her in his lunchbox.

— It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012)

Você pode descrever a situação em que se encontrava?

Can you describe the situation you were in?

Fadil foi preso quando se encontrava escondido na casa de um amigo.

Fadil was arrested while hiding at a friend’s house.

Eu te falei que encontrava.

I told you I would find it.

— Shrek (2001)

Joe encontrava-se na necessidade de aceitar o desafio.

Joe found himself needing to accept the challenge.

Mas, afinal, somente encontrava escuridão.

But in the end, all he found was darkness.

— Black (2005)