This is the 418th most frequent Spanish word.
encontraba
"Encontraba" means "was finding" or "used to find."
In this sentence, 'encontraba' is used to indicate a location or state of being in a past tense, often used in a storytelling or descriptive context.
Me encontraba en el parque cuando empezó a llover.
I was at the park when it started raining.
Here, 'encontraba' expresses a condition or physical/emotional state of the subject in the past.
Se encontraba muy cansado después de un largo día de trabajo.
He was very tired after a long day of work.
In this example, 'encontraba' is used in a negative past tense to describe the action of searching for something without success.