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yo encontraba

was finding, used to find

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encontr find + aba imperfect indicative: I/he/she
verb · first singular · imperfect indicative Rare #31,572
was finding, used to find Imperfect tense (yo/él/ella/usted). Often used for ongoing or habitual past actions.
SP: Siempre encontraba mis llaves en el mismo cajón.
EN: I always used to find my keys in the same drawer.
Conjugation of encontrar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First encontraba —
Third encontraba encontraban
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First encontraba encontráramos
Third encontraba encontraban

Cada vez que iba a verle, lo encontraba en el trabajo.

Every time I went to see him, I found him at work.

No encontraba las palabras para expresarme.

I couldn't find the words to express myself.

Su marido la abandonó porque siempre encontraba fantasmas en su casa.

Her husband left her because he always found ghosts in his house.

— La dolce vita (1960)

Sami no encontraba su teléfono.

Sami couldn't find their phone.

Al principio él encontraba difícil el inglés, pero ahora lo encuentra fácil.

At first he found English difficult, but now he finds it easy.

Tom no encontraba un buen lugar donde esconder la llave.

Tom couldn't find a good place to hide the key.

Él trató de resolver el problema que encontraba muy difícil.

He tried to solve the problem, which he found very difficult.

No encontraba cómo salir de aquí.

I couldn't find a way out of here.

— It (Eso) (2017)

No te encontraba.

I couldn't find you.

— The Dreadful (2026)