Portuguese Word of the Day
descobrir
/des-co-BRIR/ • verb — 24th of Aug, 2026
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Meaning: to discover; to find out something that was unknown before
Examples
- Eu descobri uma cafeteria חדשה no centro da cidade.
(I discovered a new café in the city center.) - Ela descobriu que o restaurante fecha às segundas-feiras.
(She found out that the restaurant is closed on Mondays.) - Nós descobrimos uma solução simples para o problema.
(We discovered a simple solution to the problem.)
Synonyms
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Conjugation
| Person | Presente | Pretérito Perfeito |
|---|---|---|
| eu | descubro | descobri |
| tu | descobres | descobriste |
| ele/ela/você | descobre | descobriu |
| nós | descobrimos | descobrimos |
| vós | descobris | descobristes |
| eles/elas/vocês | descobrem | descobriram |
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This word is very common in everyday Portuguese. It is used both for physically discovering something and for learning new information, like finding out a fact.
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