find
/ˈfaɪ̯nd/ verbo A1En español: encontrar, hallar, trovar
- To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon. · I found this shell on the beach.· She arrived home to find that the house had gone up in flames.
- To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate. · I found my car keys. They were under the couch.· I went looking for you in the bed we share, but tonight I found you not there.
- To locate on behalf of another. · I found you a new place to live
- To discover by study or experiment directed to an object or end. · Water is found to be a compound substance.· The researchers found the two variables to be strongly correlated.
- To gain, as the object of desire or effort. · to find leisure; to find means
- To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire. · Looks like he found a new vehicle for himself!
- To meet with; to receive. · The proposal found little support within the government.
- To point out. · He kept finding faults with my work.
Plural find · He/she/it finds · Pasado found · Participio pasado found · Forma en -ing finding
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- find
- He/she/it
- finds
- Pasado
- found
- Participio pasado
- found
- Forma en -ing
- finding
Un verbo irregular: apréndete de memoria su pasado y su participio pasado.
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
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I own that I am lost in wonder to find myself promoted to an honor of which I feel myself unworthy—that of being the husband of Mercédès.”
The Scarecrow went sorrowfully back to his friends and told them what Oz had said; and Dorothy was surprised to find that the Great Wizard was not a Head, as she had seen him, but a lovely Lady.
He did not know whether he would find Oz a lovely Lady or a Head, but he hoped it would be the lovely Lady.
How then shall I be able to find you, when the day of payment comes?”
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