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1 America
ამერიკაtobacco was introduced to Europe from America ევროპაში თამბაქო ამერიკიდან შემოიტანესColumbus was anticipated by sailors from Norway in discovering America ამერიკის აღმოჩენა კოლუმბს ნორვეგიელებმა დაასწრეს -
2 Columbus
n. Christopher Columbus (1446?-1506), Italian explorer and navigator who discovered America in 1492 -
3 Колумб
ColumbusColumbus discovered America in 1492.
Дополнительный универсальный русско-английский словарь > Колумб
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4 descubrir
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 -
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1) (to find by chance, especially for the first time: Columbus discovered America; Marie Curie discovered radium.) descubrir2) (to find out: Try to discover what's going on!) descubrir•discover vb descubrirwho discovered Australia? ¿quién descubrió Australia?tr[dɪ'skʌvəSMALLr/SMALL]1 (find - gen) descubrir; (mistake, loss, fact) descubrir, darse cuenta de; (missing object, person) encontrar, hallar2 (find out) descubrir, enterarse de■ did you discover what happened at the end? ¿descubriste qué pasó al final?discover [dɪs'kʌvər] vt: descubrirv.• descubrir v.• desnudar v.• hallar v.• sorprender v.dɪs'kʌvər, dɪs'kʌvə(r)a) ( find) \<\<planet/cure\>\> descubrir*; \<\<error\>\> descubrir*, darse* cuenta deb) ( find out) \<\<reason/solution/culprit\>\> descubrir*, hallarc) \<\<talent/star\>\> descubrir*[dɪs'kʌvǝ(r)]VT2) (=notice) [+ loss, mistake] darse cuenta de* * *[dɪs'kʌvər, dɪs'kʌvə(r)]a) ( find) \<\<planet/cure\>\> descubrir*; \<\<error\>\> descubrir*, darse* cuenta deb) ( find out) \<\<reason/solution/culprit\>\> descubrir*, hallarc) \<\<talent/star\>\> descubrir* -
6 discover
1) (to find by chance, especially for the first time: Columbus discovered America; Marie Curie discovered radium.) opdage2) (to find out: Try to discover what's going on!) finde ud af•* * *1) (to find by chance, especially for the first time: Columbus discovered America; Marie Curie discovered radium.) opdage2) (to find out: Try to discover what's going on!) finde ud af• -
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1) (to find by chance, especially for the first time: Columbus discovered America; Marie Curie discovered radium.) oppdage2) (to find out: Try to discover what's going on!) finne ut (av)•oppdageverb \/dɪˈskʌvə\/1) oppdage2) finne, bli klar over, forstå3) ( gammeldags eller litterært) åpenbare, avsløre, røpe, blottleggenår teppet går opp, ser man en kvinne (på scenen)4) ( gammeldags) legge for dagen, visediscover oneself avsløre\/røpe hvem man er, gi seg til kjenne -
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1) (to find by chance, especially for the first time: Columbus discovered America; Marie Curie discovered radium.) descobrir2) (to find out: Try to discover what's going on!) descobrir•* * *dis.cov.er[disk'∧və] vt 1 descobrir, perceber, revelar, inventar, achar, explorar. 2 ( oneself) patentear(-se), manitestar(-se), constatar, dar a conhecer, publicar. he discovered himself by this action / com este ato ele patenteou seu verdadeiro caráter. 3 avistar. -
9 aurkitu
iz. discovery du/ad.1. ( idoro, ediren) to find, locate; akats asko \aurkitu ditugu liburu hartan we have found many mistakes in that book2. (irud.) uste zuen baino behartsuak \aurkitu zituen he found them poorer than he had imagined3. ( lortu, bilatzen dena ikusi) to find, detect; azkenean \aurkitu zuten galdu zutena finally they found what they had lost; nola \aurkituko dugu zoriona? how shall we find happiness?; fedean zoriona aurkitzen da happiness is found in faith ; bilatu du baina ez du \aurkitu he' s searched for it but hasn' t found it ; ez diogu egoerari konponbiderik aurkitzen we can' t find any solution to the situation4. ( ezkutatuta zegoena edo ezagutzen ez zenarekin topo egin) to discover; Col—nek Amerika \aurkitu zuen 1.492an Columbus discovered America in 1492 ; Lavoisier-ek oxigenoa \aurkitu zuen Lavoisier discovered oxigen ; Vasco da Gama-k \aurkitu zuen Indiarako bide berri bat Vasco da Gama discovered a new route to India da/ad. to find o.s.; azkenean, erbestean dirurik gabe \aurkitu nintzen in the end I found myself abroad without any money ; arriskuren batean aurkitzen garenean when we find ourselves in some kind of danger -
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اِهْتَدَى إلى \ discover: to find, esp. by chance: I discovered a snake under my bed. I never discovered who she was. \ كَشَفَ \ discover: to find (sth.) that was not known before: Columbus discovered America. -
11 entdecken
v/t1. (etw. bislang Unbekanntes finden) discover2. (etw. Verborgenes, Gesuchtes finden) find, discover, spot, see; (Fehler etc.) auch detect; (herausfinden) find out, discover, ascertain, establish; (feine Unterschiede etc.) discern geh.3. (auf etw. stoßen) discover, spot; zufällig entdecken stumble ( oder happen) (up)on, come across, happen to find; sie entdeckte ihr Herz für die Bretagne / Waisenkinder Brittany / orphan children came to occupy a special place in her affections* * *to descry; to discover; to undeck; to detect; to spot; to invent; to unclose; to uncover* * *ent|dẹ|cken [Ent'dɛkn] ptp entde\#ckt1. vt1) (= finden) to discover; Fehler to discover, to detect, to spot; (in der Ferne) to discern, to spot; (in einer Menge) to spot2) (old = offenbaren)jdm etw entdecken — to reveal or discover (obs) sth to sb
2. vrsich jdm entdecken (old) — to reveal or discover (obs) oneself to sb (form)
* * *1) (to notice or discover: She thought she could detect a smell of gas.) detect2) (to find by chance, especially for the first time: Columbus discovered America; Marie Curie discovered radium.) discover* * *ent·de·cken *I. vt1. (zum ersten Mal finden)▪ etw \entdecken to discover sth2. (ausfindig machen)▪ jdn/etw \entdecken to find sb/stheinen Fehler \entdecken to spot a mistake▪ jdm etw \entdecken to reveal sth to sb* * *transitives Verb1) (finden) discover2) (ausfindig machen)jemanden entdecken — find or spot somebody
etwas entdecken — find or discover something
* * *entdecken v/t1. (etwas bislang Unbekanntes finden) discover2. (etwas Verborgenes, Gesuchtes finden) find, discover, spot, see; (Fehler etc) auch detect; (herausfinden) find out, discover, ascertain, establish; (feine Unterschiede etc) discern geh3. (auf etwas stoßen) discover, spot;sie entdeckte ihr Herz für die Bretagne/Waisenkinder Brittany/orphan children came to occupy a special place in her affections4. geh obs (anvertrauen):jemandem etwas entdecken reveal ( oder disclose) sth to sb* * *transitives Verb1) (finden) discoverjemanden entdecken — find or spot somebody
etwas entdecken — find or discover something
* * *v.to descry v.to detect v.to discover v.to recover v.to spot v.to spy v.to uncover v. -
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transitive verbentdecken; (by search) herausfinden* * *1) (to find by chance, especially for the first time: Columbus discovered America; Marie Curie discovered radium.) entdecken2) (to find out: Try to discover what's going on!) ausfindig machen, herausfinden•- academic.ru/20907/discovery">discovery* * *dis·cov·er[dɪˈskʌvəʳ, AM -ɚ]vt1. (find out)▪ to \discover sth etw herausfinden [o entdecken] [o feststellen]▪ to \discover that... herausfinden [o entdecken], dass...2. (find first)▪ to \discover sb jdn entdecken [o berühmt machen3. (find)▪ to \discover sth etw finden [o ausfindig machen]* * *[dɪs'kʌvə(r)]vtentdecken; culprit finden; secret, truth herausfinden; cause feststellen; (after search) house, book ausfindig machen, entdecken; (= notice) mistake, loss feststellen, bemerkendid you ever discover who...? — haben Sie jemals herausgefunden, wer...?
* * *discover [dıˈskʌvə(r)] v/t1. Land, auch einen Künstler etc entdecken2. wahrnehmen, erspähen, entdecken3. fig entdecken, (heraus)finden, (plötzlich) erkennen, feststellen:discover sb to be sth feststellen, dass jemand etwas ist4. fig enthüllen, aufdecken* * *transitive verbentdecken; (by search) herausfinden* * *v.entdecken v. -
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1) (to find by chance, especially for the first time: Columbus discovered America; Marie Curie discovered radium.) uppgötva2) (to find out: Try to discover what's going on!) komast að e-u• -
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felfedez, vmilyennek tapasztal* * *1) (to find by chance, especially for the first time: Columbus discovered America; Marie Curie discovered radium.) felfedez2) (to find out: Try to discover what's going on!) kitalál• -
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v. keşfetmek, ortaya çıkarmak, bulmak; farketmek, anlamak* * *keşfet* * *1) (to find by chance, especially for the first time: Columbus discovered America; Marie Curie discovered radium.) keşfetmek, bulmak2) (to find out: Try to discover what's going on!) anlamak, öğrenmek• -
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1) (to find by chance, especially for the first time: Columbus discovered America; Marie Curie discovered radium.) odkriti2) (to find out: Try to discover what's going on!) odkriti•* * *[diskʌvə]transitive verbodkriti, najti; opaziti, spoznati; archaic izdati -
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• todeta• todeta (havaita)• havaita• huomata• keksiä• löytää (havaita)• löytää* * *1) (to find by chance, especially for the first time: Columbus discovered America; Marie Curie discovered radium.) löytää, keksiä2) (to find out: Try to discover what's going on!) saada selville• -
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§ აღმოჩენა, პოვნა§ აღმოჩენა (აღმოაჩენს)he has not yet discovered his vocation ჯერ არ იცის, რა პროფესია აირჩიოს -
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[dɪs'kʌvə(r)]verbo transitivo scoprire* * *1) (to find by chance, especially for the first time: Columbus discovered America; Marie Curie discovered radium.) scoprire2) (to find out: Try to discover what's going on!) scoprire•* * *[dɪs'kʌvə(r)]verbo transitivo scoprire -
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[dɪs'kʌvə(r)]vtto discover that … — odkrywać (odkryć perf), że …
* * *1) (to find by chance, especially for the first time: Columbus discovered America; Marie Curie discovered radium.) odkrywać2) (to find out: Try to discover what's going on!) dowiedzieć się•
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COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER — (1451–1500), discoverer of America, thought by some to have been of Marrano extraction. He was himself mysterious when speaking of his origin, apparently having something in his background which he wished to conceal. However, he boasted… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
