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To discover or find something by accident.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To meet somebody by chance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
عَثَرَ
(ʕaṯara)
— to come across by accident; to discover by accident
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Catalan:
ensopegar amb
— to come across by accident; to discover by accident
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Chinese Mandarin:
遇到
(yùdào)
— to come across by accident; to discover by accident
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Danish:
falde over
— to come across by accident; to discover by accident
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Danish:
støde tilfældigt på
— to come across by accident; to discover by accident
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Finnish:
törmätä
— to come across by accident; to discover by accident
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Finnish:
löytää sattumalta
— to come across by accident; to discover by accident
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French:
tomber sur
— to come across by accident; to discover by accident
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German:
stolpern
— to come across by accident; to discover by accident
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Hungarian:
ráakad
— to come across by accident; to discover by accident
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Hungarian:
rábukkan
— to come across by accident; to discover by accident
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Hungarian:
belebotlik
— to come across by accident; to discover by accident
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Italian:
imbattersi
— to come across by accident; to discover by accident
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Norwegian:
snuble over
— to come across by accident; to discover by accident
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Polish:
natrafiać
— to come across by accident; to discover by accident
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Polish:
natrafić
— to come across by accident; to discover by accident
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Polish:
natykać się
— to come across by accident; to discover by accident
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Polish:
natknąć się
— to come across by accident; to discover by accident
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Polish:
napotykać
— to come across by accident; to discover by accident
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Polish:
napotkać
— to come across by accident; to discover by accident
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Polish:
wpadać
— to come across by accident; to discover by accident
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Polish:
wpaść
— to come across by accident; to discover by accident
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Portuguese:
tropeçar
— to come across by accident; to discover by accident
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Russian:
натыка́ться
(natykátʹsja)
— to come across by accident; to discover by accident
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Russian:
наткну́ться
(natknútʹsja)
— to come across by accident; to discover by accident
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Spanish:
toparse con
— to come across by accident; to discover by accident
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Spanish:
darse de bruces
— to come across by accident; to discover by accident
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Ukrainian:
натрапля́ти
(natrapljáty)
— to come across by accident; to discover by accident
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Ukrainian:
натра́пити
(natrápyty)
— to come across by accident; to discover by accident
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Ukrainian:
натика́тися
(natykátysja)
— to come across by accident; to discover by accident
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Ukrainian:
наткну́тися
(natknútysja)
— to come across by accident; to discover by accident
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Ukrainian:
нашто́вхуватися
(naštóvxuvatysja)
— to come across by accident; to discover by accident
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Ukrainian:
наштовхну́тися
(naštovxnútysja)
— to come across by accident; to discover by accident
