retrouver

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Meanings

Verb

1. to find (again); to rediscover (transitive)

2. to remember; to recall (transitive)

3. to meet; to meet up; to bump into (transitive)

4. to go back to, to return to (transitive)

5. to find oneself; to end up (pronominal, reflexive)

6. to find each other (pronominal, reciprocal)

Examples238

Je ne retrouve plus son nom.

I no longer remember his name.

J'ai retrouvé mon ancien ami au bord du lac.

I met up with my old friend by the lake.

Ils ont retrouvé le trésor qu'ils avaient enterré.

They re-found the treasure they had buried.

Si tu continues à être aussi désagréable, tu vas te retrouver tout seul.

If you keep being so unpleasant, you're going to end up alone.

Tom doit retrouver Marie.

Tom has to find Mary again.

Je ne veux pas être retrouvé.

I don't want to be found.