How to Say "come across" in Spanish
The Spanish word for “come across” is “hallar” — A2 level. This is a very common word in everyday Spanish.
English → SpanishA2
verbA2
finding by chance
Examples
No pude hallar mis llaves después de la fiesta.
I couldn't find my keys after the party.
Finalmente hallamos la solución al problema matemático.
We finally found the solution to the math problem.
Regular -AR Verb
Hallar is a completely regular verb, meaning its endings follow the standard pattern for all verbs ending in -ar. This makes it easy to conjugate!
Confusing Hallar and Fallar
Mistake: “Using 'fallar' when you mean 'to find.'”
Correction: 'Fallar' means 'to fail' or 'to judge.' Use 'hallar' or 'encontrar' for 'to find.'
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