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Encontrarse (to find oneself) - Pretérito anterior, indicativo (Anterior preterite, indicative) - Spanish

 Encontrarse (to find oneself) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Encontrarse - Conjugation of to find oneself in Spanish: Conjugation table, examples and exercises in the anterior preterite, indicative tense (Pretérito anterior, indicativo).

Pretérito anterior, indicativo (Anterior preterite, indicative)

All conjugations and tenses: Encontrarse (to find oneself) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Syllabus: Spanish lesson - Salud mental (Mental health)

Conjugation of to find oneself in Pretérito anterior

  • yo me hube encontrado I had found myself
  • tú te hubiste encontrado you had found yourself
  • él/ella se hubo encontrado He/she had found himself/herself
  • nosotros/nosotras nos hubimos encontrado we had found ourselves
  • vosotros/vosotras os hubisteis encontrado You had found yourselves
  • ellos/ellas se hubieron encontrado They had found themselves

Example phrases

  • Después del examen, me hube encontrado con una sensación de alivio inusual. After the exam, I had found myself with an unusual sense of relief.
  • Cuando te hubiste encontrado resfriado, decidiste no asistir a la reunión. When you had found yourself with a cold, you decided not to attend the meeting.
  • Tras la inyección, se hubo encontrado mareado en la clínica. After the injection, he had found himself dizzy at the clinic.
  • Nos hubimos encontrado con el médico de guardia antes de obtener el alta. We had found ourselves with the doctor on call before being discharged.
  • Os hubisteis encontrado mejor después de tomar las pastillas recetadas. You had found yourselves better after taking the prescribed pills.
  • Se hubieron encontrado con una tos persistente después de la pasada tormenta. They had found themselves with a persistent cough after the last storm.

Exercise: Conjugate the verbs - encontrarse (to find oneself)

Instruction: Choose the correct word, read the sentence out loud and translate.

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Encontrarse (Pretérito anterior, indicativo)

1. ... mejor después de tomar las pastillas recetadas.

Os hubisteis encontrado mejor después de tomar las pastillas recetadas.
(You had found yourselves better after taking the prescribed pills.)

2. ... con el médico de guardia antes de obtener el alta.

Nos hubimos encontrado con el médico de guardia antes de obtener el alta.
(We had found ourselves with the doctor on call before being discharged.)

3. Después del examen, ... con una sensación de alivio inusual.

Después del examen, me hube encontrado con una sensación de alivio inusual.
(After the exam, I had found myself with an unusual sense of relief.)

4. ... con una tos persistente después de la pasada tormenta.

Se hubieron encontrado con una tos persistente después de la pasada tormenta.
(They had found themselves with a persistent cough after the last storm.)

5. Cuando ... resfriado, decidiste no asistir a la reunión.

Cuando te hubiste encontrado resfriado, decidiste no asistir a la reunión.
(When you had found yourself with a cold, you decided not to attend the meeting.)

6. Tras la inyección, ... mareado en la clínica.

Tras la inyección, se hubo encontrado mareado en la clínica.
(After the injection, he had found himself dizzy at the clinic.)