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descoperi
to discover /des.ko.peˈri/
verb#762 most common
Also: to uncover, to find out
Example sentences
Copilul descoperă o carte nouă.
The child discovers a new book.
Am descoperit un restaurant bun ieri.
I discovered a good restaurant yesterday.
Oamenii de știință au descoperit o specie nouă de pește.
Scientists discovered a new species of fish.
Ea a descoperit adevărul abia după mulți ani.
She discovered the truth only after many years.
Dacă vei descoperi vreo greșeală în raport, te rog să mă anunți.
If you discover any mistake in the report, please let me know.
Odată ce descoperi cum funcționează sistemul, totul devine mai simplu.
Once you discover how the system works, everything becomes simpler.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | descopăr | descoperii | voi descoperi |
| 2sg | descoperi | descoperiși | vei descoperi |
| 3sg | descoperă | descoperi | va descoperi |
| 1pl | descoperim | descoperirăm | vom descoperi |
| 2pl | descoperiți | descoperirăți | veți descoperi |
| 3pl | descoperă | descoperiră | vor descoperi |
Word family
Etymology
Descoperi comes from the prefix des- attached to a root meaning to cover, tracing back to Latin discooperire, a combination of dis- and cooperire (to cover completely). The same Latin root produced Italian scoprire, French découvrir, and Spanish descubrir. The core sense has stayed stable across all of Romance: to remove a covering and reveal what was hidden.
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