This is the 1341st most frequent Portuguese word.
encontrada
"Encontrada" means "found" in English.
Here, 'encontrada' is used as a past participle of the verb 'encontrar', in a passive voice construction, describing the state of the solution being 'found'.
A solução para o problema foi finalmente encontrada.
The solution to the problem was finally found.
In this sentence, 'encontrada' serves as an adjective derived from the past participle of 'encontrar', modifying the noun 'chave' and indicating its condition of having been discovered.
A chave encontrada no jardim pertencia à casa velha.
The key found in the garden belonged to the old house.
'Encontrada' is utilized again as a past participle in a passive construction, where 'foi encontrada' signifies that the action of 'finding' was performed on the subject (the love letter).