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eu encontrava

found, came across, was in

→ encontrar
encontr to find + ava I/he/she imperfect
verb · 1st-person singular / 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #28,911
found, came across Imperfect past form of encontrar; it can also mean “was finding” or “used to find.”
PO: Eu encontrava meus amigos no café todos os dias.
EN: I used to meet my friends at the café every day.
was in Used reflexively as encontrava-se or se encontrava to describe a person's or thing's location or situation.
PO: Ela se encontrava em casa quando liguei.
EN: She was at home when I called.
Conjugation of encontrar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First encontrava —
Third encontrava encontravam

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

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

Eu não encontrava sentido algum em seu discurso.

I couldn't make any sense of his speech.

Tampouco conseguia vender facilmente tudo o que encontrava em Rubricum.

I also couldn't easily sell everything I found in Rubricum.

Não te encontrava por nenhum lado!

I couldn't find you anywhere!

— O Leopardo (1963)

Eu te falei que encontrava.

I told you I would find it.

— Shrek (2001)

E voltou ao Vesúvio, onde ela já não encontrava ninguém.

And she returned to Vesuvius, where she could no longer find anyone.

— Vale Abraão (1993)

Por pouco, não o encontrava.

I almost didn't find him.

— O Fabuloso Destino de Amélie Poulain (2001)

Mas, afinal, somente encontrava escuridão.

But in the end, all he found was darkness.

Você pode descrever a situação em que se encontrava?

Can you describe the situation you were in?