descubrir
Spanish, verb/deskuˈbɾiɾ/
descubrir is a Spanish verb meaning “to discover” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Retirar una cubierta o tapa”.
What does descubrir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to discover
- 2
to reveal
- 3
to invent
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Retirar una cubierta o tapa. 2. Conocer algo desconocido o ignorado hasta ese momento. 3. Hacer manifiesto, visible o patente. 4. Lograr ver algo que antes no se veía o registraba.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of descubrir
- descubro first-person present singular
- descubrí first-person preterite singular
- descubierto participle past
- descubriendo gerund
- descubierta feminine participle past
- descubiertos masculine participle past
- descubiertas feminine participle past
- descubres indicative informal present
- descubrís indicative informal present
- descubre indicative present singular
- descubrimos first-person indicative plural
- descubren indicative plural present
- descubría first-person imperfect indicative
- descubrías imperfect indicative second-person
- descubríamos first-person imperfect indicative
- descubríais imperfect indicative plural
- descubrían imperfect indicative plural
- descubriste indicative preterite second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce descubrir?
- /deskuˈbɾiɾ/
- [d̪es.kuˈβ̞ɾiɾ]
- [d̪eskuˈβ̞ɾiɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to descubrir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is descubrir in Spanish?
descubrir appears 32 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).