descoberto

See also: Descoberto

Galician

Participle

descoberto (feminine descoberta, masculine plural descobertos, feminine plural descobertas)

1. past participle of descubrir

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• descuberto (obsolete, now a common misspelling)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese descoberto, from Late Latin discoopertus, from Latin dis- + coopertus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.koˈbɛʁ.tu/ [des.koˈbɛh.tu], /d͡ʒis.koˈbɛʁ.tu/ [d͡ʒis.koˈbɛh.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.koˈbɛʁ.tu/ [des.koˈbɛh.tu], /d͡ʒis.koˈbɛʁ.tu/ [d͡ʒis.koˈbɛh.tu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /des.koˈbɛɾ.tu/, /d͡ʒis.koˈbɛɾ.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /deʃ.koˈbɛʁ.tu/ [deʃ.koˈbɛχ.tu], /d͡ʒiʃ.koˈbɛʁ.tu/ [d͡ʒiʃ.koˈbɛχ.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.koˈbɛɻ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃ.kuˈbɛɾ.tu/ [dɨʃ.kuˈβɛɾ.tu]

• Hyphenation: des‧co‧ber‧to

Participle

descoberto (feminine descoberta, masculine plural descobertos, feminine plural descobertas)

1. past participle of descobrir

Adjective

descoberto (feminine descoberta, masculine plural descobertos, feminine plural descobertas)

1. uncovered (all senses)
2. discovered

Further reading

• “descoberto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “descoberto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025