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v.1 to discover.Elsa descubrió el escondite Elsa discovered the hiding place.2 to unveil (destapar) (estatua, placa).la entrevista nos descubrió otra faceta de su personalidad the interview revealed another aspect of his characterdescubrir el pastel (figurative) to let the cat out of the bag, to give the game away3 to discover, to find out (enterarse de).descubrió que su mujer lo engañaba he discovered o found out that his wife was cheating on him4 to give away.5 to uncover, to bare, to find out.Elsa descubre sus brazos Elsa uncovers her arms.6 to disclose, to bare, to expose, to reveal.Teo descubrió su secreto Teo disclosed his secret.* * *(pp descubierto,-a)1 (gen) to discover; (petróleo, oro, minas) to find; (conspiración) to uncover; (crimen) to bring to light2 (revelar) to reveal3 (averiguar) to find out, discover4 (delatar) to give away5 (divisar) to make out, see6 (destapar) to uncover1 (la cabeza) to take off one's hat3 (en boxeo) to lower one's guard* * *verb1) to discover, find out2) uncover3) unveil* * *( pp descubierto)1. VT1) (=encontrar) [+ tesoro, tratamiento, persona oculta] to discover, find; [+ país, deportista] to discoveral revisar las cuentas ha descubierto numerosas irregularidades — when he went over the accounts he discovered o found numerous irregularities
descubra Bruselas, corazón de Europa — discover Brussels, the heart of Europe
los análisis han descubierto la presencia de un virus — the tests have revealed o shown up the presence of a virus
2) (=averiguar) [+ verdad] to find out, discoverhe descubierto la causa de su malhumor — I've found out o discovered why he's in such a bad mood
descubrió que era alérgica a las gambas — she found out o discovered she was allergic to prawns
3) (=sacar a la luz) [+ conspiración, estafa] to uncover; [+ secreto, intenciones] to revealnunca nos descubrirá sus secretos — he will never tell us his secrets, he will never reveal his secrets to us
4) (=delatar) to give away5) (=destapar) [+ estatua, placa] to unveil; [+ cacerola] to take the lid off; [+ naipes] to turn over, lay up; [+ cara] to uncoverdescubrió la cara y su contrincante le asestó un derechazo en la mandíbula — he uncovered his face and his opponent landed a right on his jaw
6) (=divisar) to make outapenas se podía descubrir al avión entre las nubes — you could just make out the plane among the clouds
7) liter (=transparentar) to revealla seda le descubría el escote — the silk revealed o exposed her cleavage
2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) <tierras/sustancia/fenómeno> to discover; <oro/ruinas/cadáver> to discover, find; < virus> to identifyb) <artista/atleta> to discover2)a) (enterarse de, averiguar) <razón/solución> to discover, find out; <complot/engaño> to uncover; < fraude> to detectaún no se han descubierto las causas del accidente — the causes of the accident have not yet been established
b) < persona escondida> to find, track downc) < culpable> find... outd) ( delatar) to give... away3)a) <estatua/placa> to unveilb) (liter) ( dejar ver) <cuerpo/forma> to revealc) ( revelar) <planes/intenciones> to reveal2.descubrirse v pron1) (refl) ( quitarse el sombrero) to take one's hat off; < rostro> to uncoverme descubro! — I take my hat off to you/him/them
2) ( delatarse) to give oneself away* * *= dig up, discover, find out, unlock, spy, uncover, unearth, find, come to + light, unveil, ferret out, unfurl, lay + bare, tease apart, bare, suss (out).Ex. The list of changed headings is almost literally endless if you have the patience to dig them all up.Ex. This, in turn, depends upon users and user interests, and it may be necessary to conduct a survey to discover or update the profile of user interests.Ex. For example, a person can consult the system holdings files to find out whether a library in the network owns a copy of the document.Ex. NTIS is a key partner in unlocking the world's technology.Ex. She spied Asadorian in earnest converse with McSpadden.Ex. It requires an extraordinarily astute librarian to uncover this shortcoming at the interview stage.Ex. Librarians also provide some assistance with that most familiar and awkward-to-handle enquiry from library users concerning the possible value of Grandpa's old Bible or other old book unearthed in the attic during a clear-out.Ex. His trial came up in July 1892 and by then the city accountant had found that over $9,000 had been misappropriated.Ex. A further disquieting feature which came to light was the number of people who did not approach staff for help.Ex. Here is an institution which knows, neither rank nor wealth within its walls, which stops the ignorant peer or the ignorant monarch at its threshold, and declines to unveil to him its treasures, or to waste time upon him, and yet welcomes the workman according to his knowledge or thirst for knowledge.Ex. As a rule analysts are left on their own to ferret out useful and appropriate areas to be investigated.Ex. This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.Ex. The aim of this article is to lay bare the causes of this state of affairs.Ex. The author and his colleagues embarked on a series of studies to tease apart hereditary and environmental factors thought to be implicated in schizophrenia.Ex. The judge ruled that a magazine that published a photograph of a woman baring her breasts at a pig roast did not intrude on her privacy.Ex. He was incredulous when he sussed that the noises came from bona-fide gibbons.----* descubrir Algo = make + a discovery.* descubrir el pastel = blow + the gaff, spill + the beans, let + the cat out of the bag.* descubrir una mina de oro = strike + gold, hit + the jackpot.* descubrir un secreto = spill + the beans, blow + the gaff, let + the cat out of the bag.* posibilidad de descubrir = discoverability.* sin descubrir = undiscovered.* volver a descubrir = rediscover.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) <tierras/sustancia/fenómeno> to discover; <oro/ruinas/cadáver> to discover, find; < virus> to identifyb) <artista/atleta> to discover2)a) (enterarse de, averiguar) <razón/solución> to discover, find out; <complot/engaño> to uncover; < fraude> to detectaún no se han descubierto las causas del accidente — the causes of the accident have not yet been established
b) < persona escondida> to find, track downc) < culpable> find... outd) ( delatar) to give... away3)a) <estatua/placa> to unveilb) (liter) ( dejar ver) <cuerpo/forma> to revealc) ( revelar) <planes/intenciones> to reveal2.descubrirse v pron1) (refl) ( quitarse el sombrero) to take one's hat off; < rostro> to uncoverme descubro! — I take my hat off to you/him/them
2) ( delatarse) to give oneself away* * *= dig up, discover, find out, unlock, spy, uncover, unearth, find, come to + light, unveil, ferret out, unfurl, lay + bare, tease apart, bare, suss (out).Ex: The list of changed headings is almost literally endless if you have the patience to dig them all up.
Ex: This, in turn, depends upon users and user interests, and it may be necessary to conduct a survey to discover or update the profile of user interests.Ex: For example, a person can consult the system holdings files to find out whether a library in the network owns a copy of the document.Ex: NTIS is a key partner in unlocking the world's technology.Ex: She spied Asadorian in earnest converse with McSpadden.Ex: It requires an extraordinarily astute librarian to uncover this shortcoming at the interview stage.Ex: Librarians also provide some assistance with that most familiar and awkward-to-handle enquiry from library users concerning the possible value of Grandpa's old Bible or other old book unearthed in the attic during a clear-out.Ex: His trial came up in July 1892 and by then the city accountant had found that over $9,000 had been misappropriated.Ex: A further disquieting feature which came to light was the number of people who did not approach staff for help.Ex: Here is an institution which knows, neither rank nor wealth within its walls, which stops the ignorant peer or the ignorant monarch at its threshold, and declines to unveil to him its treasures, or to waste time upon him, and yet welcomes the workman according to his knowledge or thirst for knowledge.Ex: As a rule analysts are left on their own to ferret out useful and appropriate areas to be investigated.Ex: This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.Ex: The aim of this article is to lay bare the causes of this state of affairs.Ex: The author and his colleagues embarked on a series of studies to tease apart hereditary and environmental factors thought to be implicated in schizophrenia.Ex: The judge ruled that a magazine that published a photograph of a woman baring her breasts at a pig roast did not intrude on her privacy.Ex: He was incredulous when he sussed that the noises came from bona-fide gibbons.* descubrir Algo = make + a discovery.* descubrir el pastel = blow + the gaff, spill + the beans, let + the cat out of the bag.* descubrir una mina de oro = strike + gold, hit + the jackpot.* descubrir un secreto = spill + the beans, blow + the gaff, let + the cat out of the bag.* posibilidad de descubrir = discoverability.* sin descubrir = undiscovered.* volver a descubrir = rediscover.* * *vtA1 ‹tierras/sustancia/fenómeno› to discover; ‹oro/ruinas/cadáver› to discover, finden los análisis han descubierto unos anticuerpos extraños the tests have revealed o ( BrE) shown up the presence of unusual antibodiestodavía no se ha descubierto el virus causante de la enfermedad the virus responsible for causing the disease has not yet been identifieddurante mi investigación descubrí este expediente in the course of my research I discovered o unearthed this dossierhe descubierto un restaurante fabuloso cerca de aquí I've discovered a wonderful restaurant nearby2 ‹artista/atleta› to discoverB1 (enterarse de, averiguar) to discover, find outdescubrió que lo habían engañado he discovered o found out that he had been trickedaún no se han descubierto las causas del accidente the causes of the accident have not yet been establishedel complot fue descubierto a tiempo the plot was uncovered in timedescubrieron el fraude cuando ya era demasiado tarde the fraud was detected when it was already too lateen momentos como éstos descubres quiénes son los verdaderos amigos it's at times like these that you find out who your real friends are2 ‹persona escondida› to find, track down3 ‹culpable› find … outno dijo nada por miedo a que lo descubrieran he said nothing for fear that he might be found out4 (delatar) to give … awayla carta los descubrió the letter gave them awayestamos preparando una fiesta para Pilar, no nos descubras we're arranging a party for Pilar, so don't give the game awayC1 ‹estatua/placa› to unveil2 ( liter) (dejar ver) ‹cuerpo/forma› to reveal3 (revelar) ‹planes/intenciones› to revealA ( refl) (quitarse el sombrero) to take one's hat off; ‹rostro› to uncoverse descubrió el brazo para enseñar las cicatrices he pulled up his sleeve to show the scars¡me descubro! I take my hat off to you/him/themB (delatarse) to give oneself away* * *
descubrir ( conjugate descubrir) verbo transitivo
1 ‹tierras/oro/artista› to discover
2
‹complot/engaño› to uncover;
‹ fraude› to detect
3
descubrir verbo transitivo
1 (algo oculto o ignorado) to discover
(un plan secreto) to uncover
(oro, petróleo, etc) to find
2 (algo tapado) to uncover, (una placa conmemorativa) to unveil
3 (enterarse) to find out: descubrió que no era hija de su padre, she found out that she wasn't her father's daughter
4 (revelar, manifestar) to give away
' descubrir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adivinar
- delatar
- desvelar
- encontrarse
- hallar
- instigación
- sacar
- coger
- destapar
- encontrar
English:
bare
- bean
- call
- detect
- dig out
- discover
- expose
- find
- find out
- search out
- see
- show up
- smell out
- strike
- uncover
- unveil
- cat
- divine
- ferret
- rediscover
- spot
- spy
- trace
- unearth
* * *♦ vt1. [hallar] to discover;[petróleo] to strike, to find; [oro, plutonio] to find; [nuevas tierras, artista, novedad científica] to discover;no han descubierto la causa de su enfermedad they haven't discovered the cause of his illness;callejeando descubrimos un bar irlandés we came across an Irish bar as we wandered about the streets;la policía descubrió al secuestrador the police found the kidnapper;Fam Hum¡has descubierto América! you've reinvented the wheel2. [destapar] [estatua, placa] to unveil;[complot, parte del cuerpo] to uncover; [cualidades, defectos] to reveal;los periodistas descubrieron un caso de estafa the reporters uncovered a case of fraud;la entrevista nos descubrió otra faceta de su personalidad the interview revealed another aspect of his character;descubrir el pastel to let the cat out of the bag, to give the game away3. [enterarse de] to discover, to find out;¿qué has conseguido descubrir? what have you managed to find out?;descubrió que su mujer lo engañaba he discovered o found out that his wife was cheating on him4. [vislumbrar] to spot, to spy5. [delatar] to give away;una indiscreción la descubrió an indiscreet remark gave her away* * *<part descubierto> v/t2 ( averiguar) discover, find out* * *descubrir {2} vt1) hallar: to discover, to find out2) revelar: to uncover, to reveal* * *descubrir vb1. (encontrar, hallar) to discover -
2 descubrir
раскрывать, открывать; оставлять незащищенным, без прикрытия; делать открытие; обнаруживать, открывать, выдавать* * *1) обнаруживать, выявлять•- descubrir huellas
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đesku'brirv irr1) ( encontrar) entdecken, herausfinden, herausbekommen2) ( destapar) aufdeckenverbo transitivo1. [encontrar, vislumbrar] entdecken2. [lo desconocido] erfinden3. [lo cubierto] enthüllen4. [situación] aufdecken————————descubrirse verbo pronominal1. [algo tapado] sich zu erkennen geben2. [cabeza] den Hut abnehmen3. (figurado) [de admiración] den Hut ziehen vor jm o etw4. [cielo] aufklarendescubrirdescubrir [desku'βrir]num1num (destapar) enthüllennum2num (encontrar) entdeckennum3num (averiguar) herausfindennum4num (inventar) erfindennum5num (revelar) enthüllennum6num (desenmascarar) entlarvennum1num (saludo) den Hut ziehennum2num (traicionarse) sich bloßstellennum4num (salir a la luz) an den Tag kommen -
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гл.1) общ. (обнажить) раскрыть, (обнаруживать) изобличать, (открыть взору) обнаруживать, (открыть взору) обнаружить, выдать, ловить, обнажить, оголить, разоблачить, раскрывать, отпахивать (rápidamente), найти (обнаружить), находить (обнаружить), усмотреть (обнаружить), отыскать (открыть), открыть (что-л. покрытое), отпахнуть (rápidamente), делать открытие, открывать2) разг. (разузнать) доискаться, (разузнать) доискиваться, выискать3) перен. (обнаружить, раскрыть) обнажить, вскрыть, выкопать4) воен. демаскировать5) книжн. поведать6) юр. выявлять, раскрывать (преступление)7) прост. (разузнать) докопать -
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vt1) откры́тьа) раскры́ть; разверну́ть; обнажи́тьб) обнару́жить; найти́; наткну́ться на чтов) узна́ть; вскрыть; вы́явитьг) раскры́ть; сообщи́ть; объяви́ть2) ( о признаке) вы́дать; обнару́жить; раскры́тьesas palabras descubren sus intenciones — э́ти слова́ выдаю́т его́ (по́длинные) наме́рения
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• bare• detect• disclose• discover• nose one's way• nose over• uncover• unveil -
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• objevit• odhalit• odkrýt• prozradit• zostudit• zpozorovat* * *• projevit (city)• spatřit (z vrcholu hory) -
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1. tr 1) откривам, разкривам; 2) правя откритие; 3) отпушвам, отвивам, отхлупвам; 4) показвам, правя явен; 5) откривам с поглед, виждам, различавам; 2. prnl 1) свалям шапката си; 2) ост. разкривам се; 3) откривам се, свалям гарда ( в битка). -
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16 descubrir el pastel
to let the cat out of the bag* * *(v.) = blow + the gaff, spill + the beans, let + the cat out of the bagEx. It was not idealism but plain fear, plus a peasant's nose for security, which led to Vladimir's decision to blow the gaff.Ex. Native speakers of English use idioms such as 'put your foot down' and ' spill the beans' to label events that are not described literally by the words that make up the idioms.Ex. Manic-depressives who are aware of their mental illness usually take great pains not to let the cat out of the bag, fearing it will damage their career and poison relationships.* * *(v.) = blow + the gaff, spill + the beans, let + the cat out of the bagEx: It was not idealism but plain fear, plus a peasant's nose for security, which led to Vladimir's decision to blow the gaff.
Ex: Native speakers of English use idioms such as 'put your foot down' and ' spill the beans' to label events that are not described literally by the words that make up the idioms.Ex: Manic-depressives who are aware of their mental illness usually take great pains not to let the cat out of the bag, fearing it will damage their career and poison relationships. -
17 descubrir el campo
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18 descubrir el cuerpo
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19 descubrir tierra
1) узнавать местность, знакомиться со страной2) зондировать почву, прощупывать кого-либо -
20 descubrir el delincuente
El diccionario Español-ruso jurídico > descubrir el delincuente
См. также в других словарях:
descubrir — verbo transitivo,prnl. 1. Quitar (una persona) lo que cubre [a otra persona o una cosa]: Se descubrió el brazo para el análisis. Descubrió la placa conmemorativa. Se descubrió el monumento en la plaza del pueblo. 2. Dejar … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
descubrir — Se conjuga como: partir Infinitivo: Gerundio: Participio: descubrir descubriendo descubierto Indicativo presente imperfecto pretérito futuro condicional yo tú él, ella, Ud. nosotros vosotros ellos, ellas, Uds. descubro descubres descubre… … Wordreference Spanish Conjugations Dictionary
descubrir — descubrir(se) ‘Destapar’, ‘hallar’ y ‘dar(se) a conocer’. Su participio es irregular: descubierto … Diccionario panhispánico de dudas
descubrir — (Del lat. discooperīre). 1. tr. Manifestar, hacer patente. 2. Destapar lo que está tapado o cubierto. 3. Hallar lo que estaba ignorado o escondido, principalmente tierras o mares desconocidos. 4. Registrar o alcanzar a ver. 5. Venir en… … Diccionario de la lengua española
descubrir — ► verbo transitivo 1 Hacer que se conozca la existencia de una cosa o su verdadera naturaleza. IRREG. participio : descubierto SINÓNIMO revelar ANTÓNIMO encubrir ocultar … Enciclopedia Universal
descubrir — v tr (Se conjuga como subir. Su participio es irregular: descubierto) 1 Hacer aparecer una cosa quitando lo que la tapa o la cubre: descubrir una caja, descubrirse los brazos 2 Hallar o encontrar algo o a alguien que no se conocía: descubrir una… … Español en México
descubrir — transitivo 1) destapar. ≠ tapar. 2) hallar, encontrar, inventar, detectar. ≠ ignorar. Detectar se utiliza para designar la acción de descubrir algo que no puede ser observado directamente y que necesita de alguna técnica o método determinados … Diccionario de sinónimos y antónimos
descubrir — {{#}}{{LM D12450}}{{〓}} {{ConjD12450}}{{\}}CONJUGACIÓN{{/}}{{SynD12740}} {{[}}descubrir{{]}} ‹des·cu·brir› {{《}}▍ v.{{》}} {{<}}1{{>}} {{♂}}Referido a algo tapado o cubierto,{{♀}} destaparlo o quitarle lo que lo cubre: • Al final del acto la… … Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos
descubrir la Cordillera de los Andes — descubrir lo obvio; enterarse de lo que todos ya saben; cf. mansa huevada, descubrir América; ahora el Lorenzo sale con que las mujeres mienten; descubrió La Crodillera de los Andes el gil , Manuel descubrió la Cordillera de los Andes: que la… … Diccionario de chileno actual
descubrir la pólvora — descubrir el agua caliente … Diccionario de dichos y refranes
descubrir América — descubrir el agua caliente … Diccionario de dichos y refranes