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descoberto

Portuguese, adjective/des.koˈbɛʁ.tu/

descoberto is spelled D-E-S-C-O-B-E-R-T-O (10 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,459th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Descoberto is a Portuguese adjective meaning “uncovered (all senses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of descobrir. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “não coberto, não tapado”.

What does descoberto mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    uncovered (all senses)

  2. 2

    discovered

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of descobrir

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. não coberto, não tapado 2. revelado 3. encontrado

noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado de Minas Gerais, localizado na microrregião de Juiz de Fora, distante 338 km de Belo Horizonte

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of descoberto

  • descoberta feminine
  • descobertos masculine plural
  • descobertas feminine plural
  • descuberto alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce descoberto?

  • Brazil /des.koˈbɛʁ.tu/
  • Brazil [des.koˈbɛh.tu]
  • Brazil /d͡ʒis.koˈbɛʁ.tu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to descoberto

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is descoberto in Portuguese?

descoberto appears 19 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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