contrast.conocer-encontrar-conocerse

Meeting: conocer, encontrarse con, quedar, reunirse

Conocer (preterite) = meet for the first time; encontrarse con = meet up / run into; quedar (con) = arrange to meet (Spain) — LatAm prefers quedamos en + time/place; reunirse = hold a meeting.

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Explanation

Nos conocimos en 2019 (first meeting); me encontré con Ana en el mercado (planned or chance); ¿a qué hora nos encontramos? (logistics); la junta se reúne el martes (formal).

Heads-up: encontrar alone = find (encontré las llaves). Citarse / tener una cita = appointment (and cita also = date, romantic by context).

Examples

Nos conocimos en Tarija y nos encontramos cada vez que viajo.
We met in Tarija and we meet up every time I travel.

Region: global

¿Dónde nos encontramos mañana?
Where shall we meet tomorrow?

Region: global

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