descoperi
Romanian
Etymology
From Late Latin discoperīre < discooperīre, present active infinitive of discooperiō, from Latin dis- + cooperiō. By surface analysis, des- + coperi.
Pronunciation
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Verb
a descoperi (third-person singular present descoperă, past participle descoperit) 4th conj.
- (literally and figurative) to uncover
- Synonym: dezveli
- (reflexive, rare) to take off one's headgear (in reverence)
- (rare) to reveal (to someone)
- Synonyms: dezvălui, (literary) decela
- (rare) to reveal oneself, take of one’s guise
- to discover
- Synonyms: (archaic) afla, găsi
- to find out
- Synonym: afla
- to invent
- Synonyms: inventa, concepe
Usage notes
In the sense of "to find out", descoperi can only be used with the conjunction că and a subordinate sentence, unlike afla, which can also take a prepositional object.
Conjugation
conjugation of descoperi (fourth conjugation, no infix)
| infinitive | a descoperi | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | descoperind | ||||||
| past participle | descoperit | ||||||
| number | singular | plural | |||||
| person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | descopăr | descoperi | descoperă | descoperim | descoperiți | descoperă | |
| imperfect | descopeream | descopereai | descoperea | descopeream | descopereați | descopereau | |
| simple perfect | descoperii | descoperiși | descoperi | descoperirăm | descoperirăți | descoperiră | |
| pluperfect | descoperisem | descoperiseși | descoperise | descoperiserăm | descoperiserăți | descoperiseră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | să descopăr | să descoperi | să descopere | să descoperim | să descoperiți | să descopere | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | descopere | descoperiți | |||||
| negative | nu descoperi | nu descoperiți | |||||
Derived terms
- descoperire
Related terms
- acoperi