descobrir
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Late Latin discoperīre, from Latin discooperiō, from Latin dis- + cooperiō. First attested in the 14th century.[1] By surface analysis, des + cobrir.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central) [dəs.kuˈβɾi]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [dəs.kuˈbɾi]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [des.koˈbɾiɾ]
Audio: (file)
Verb
[edit]descobrir (first-person singular present descobreixo, first-person singular preterite descobrí, past participle descobert)
- to discover
- Synonym: localitzar
- to uncover, to reveal
Conjugation
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “descobrir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Further reading
[edit]- “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.
Old Galician-Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Late Latin discoperīre < discooperīre, present active infinitive of discooperiō (“I expose”), from Latin dis- + cooperiō (“I cover wholly”). By surface analysis, des- + cobrir.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]descobrir
- to discover; to find out
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, 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.
- Como ſanta maria fez deſcobrir hũa poſta de carne que furtaran a uũs romeus na uila de Rocamador.
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Portuguese: descobrir
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: des‧co‧brir
Verb
[edit]descobrir (first-person singular present descubro, third-person singular present descobre, first-person singular preterite descobri, past participle descoberto)
- to discover (to find something for the first time)
- Synonym: encontrar
- to uncover (to remove something’s cover)
Conjugation
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- Catalan verbs
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- Catalan third conjugation verbs with -eix-
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- Old Galician-Portuguese terms inherited from Late Latin
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- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
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- Portuguese verbs ending in -ir
- Portuguese verbs with u-o alternation in present singular