Palavra do dia

encounter      /ɪnˈkaʊntɚ/   verb [with object]

(encontro, defrontar, deparar-se, achar, encontrar)

 

inflected forms: encounters; encountered; encountering

 

 

1 : to have or experience (problems, difficulties, etc.) • Weencountered problems early in the project. • The pilot told us that we might encounter turbulence during the flight. • Her suggestion has encountered a lot of opposition.

 

2 formal : to meet (someone) without expecting or intending to • Iencountered [=ran into] an old friend on a recent business trip.

 

Learn about encounter as a noun.