descoperi

From Late Latin discoperīre < discooperīre, present active infinitive of discooperiō, from Latin dis- + cooperiō. By surface analysis, des- +‎ coperi.

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a descoperi (third-person singular present descoperă, past participle descoperit) 4th conj.

1. (literally and figurative) to uncover

   Synonym: dezveli

   1. (reflexive, rare) to take off one's headgear (in reverence)
   2. (rare) to reveal (to someone)

      Synonyms: dezvălui, (literary) decela

   3. (rare) to reveal oneself, take of one’s guise
2. to discover

   Synonyms: (archaic) afla, găsi

3. to find out

   Synonym: afla

4. to invent

   Synonyms: inventa, concepe

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.

• descoperire

• acoperi