descobrir

Inherited from Late Latin discoperīre, from Latin discooperiō, from Latin dis- + cooperiō. First attested in the 14th century.[1] By surface analysis, des +‎ cobrir.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [dəs.kuˈβɾi]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [dəs.kuˈbɾi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [des.koˈbɾiɾ]

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descobrir (first-person singular present descobreixo, first-person singular preterite descobrí, past participle descobert)

1. to discover

   Synonym: localitzar

2. to uncover, to reveal

• descobriment
• redescobrir

• descobert
• cobrir

• “descobrir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “descobrir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “descobrir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Late Latin discoperīre < discooperīre, present active infinitive of discooperiō (“I expose”), from Latin dis- + cooperiō (“I cover wholly”). By surface analysis, des- +‎ cobrir.

• IPA^(key): /des̺.ko.ˈbɾiɾ/

descobrir

1. to discover; to find out
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 159 (facsimile):

     Como ſanta maria fez deſcobrir hũa poſta de carne que furtaran a uũs romeus na uila de Rocamador.

     How Holy Mary caused to be found a piece of meat which was stolen from some pilgrims in the village of Rocamadour.

• descoberto
• cobrir

• Portuguese: descobrir

From Old Galician-Portuguese descobrir (“to find out”), from Late Latin discoperīre < discooperīre (“to expose”), from Latin dis- + cooperiō (“to cover wholly”). By surface analysis, des- +‎ cobrir.

• Hyphenation: des‧co‧brir

descobrir (first-person singular present descubro, third-person singular present descobre, first-person singular preterite descobri, past participle descoberto)

1. to discover (to find something for the first time)

   Synonym: encontrar

2. to uncover (to remove something’s cover)

   Antonyms: cobrir, encobrir

• descobrimento
• redescobrir

• descoberta
• descoberto
• cobrir