hallar

/aˈʝaɾ/, [aˈʝaɾ], /aˈʝaɾ/, [aˈʝaɾ]

find


Verb hallar (first-person singular present hallo, first-person singular preterite hallé, past participle hallado)

  1. (transitive) to find something, deliberately or not
    Al final sí lograron hallar dónde comprar el libro.
    In the end they did manage to find where to buy the book.
  2. (transitive) to strike (a balance between options)
    El presidente prometió que hallaría un balance entre ambos bandos.
    The president promised to strike a balance between both groups.
  3. (reflexive) to find oneself in a certain way (+adjective)
    Nos hallamos contentos con los resultados.
    We found ourselves (were in the end) happy with the results.
  4. (reflexive) to enjoy oneself somewhere, enjoy one's time
    No me hallo en ese grupo
    I wouldn't enjoy myself in that group.
    Sí que te hallaste con el vecino, ¿eh?
    You really enjoyed your time with the neighbour, didn't you?

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • Le aseguro que hacemos todo lo que podemos para hallar a Tom.

    I assure you we're doing everything we can to find Tom.

  • Un soñador es uno que sólo puede hallar su camino a la luz de la luna, y su castigo es que él ve el amanecer antes que el resto del mundo.

    A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.

  • No puedo hallar la dirección de mi hotel.

    I can't find the address of my hotel.


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