This is the 1417th most frequent Spanish word.
encontrado
"Found" or "encountered."
Here, 'encontrado' is used as the past participle in a present perfect tense construction, indicating the completion of the action of finding something.
He encontrado la solución al problema.
I have found the solution to the problem.
In this case, 'encontrado' functions as a past participle used adjectivally, describing the book that was found.
El libro encontrado en la biblioteca es muy interesante.
The book found in the library is very interesting.
Here, 'encontrado' occurs as the past participle in a present perfect interrogative sentence, inquiring about the result of the action of finding something.