descobre

Descobre is a Portuguese verb form derived from descobrir, meaning to discover, find out, or uncover. Specifically, it is the third-person singular present indicative form, used with ele, ela, or você as the subject (for example, Ele descobre a verdade; Você descobre novas oportunidades).

Descobrir as a verb with a broad range of senses includes uncovering something hidden, learning new information, or realizing a fact. In everyday usage, descobre is frequently employed to describe the moment of revelation or discovery, whether practical, factual, or personal.

Etymology and cognates: Descobrir comes from the combination of the prefix des- (un-, un-cover) and the Latin verb cooperire, meaning to cover. The modern Portuguese form reflects the same underlying idea of removing a covering to reveal what lies beneath. Related verbs in Romance languages include Spanish descubrir and French découvrir, all sharing similar origins and meanings.

Inflection and variants: Descobre is the present singular form; other present-tense forms include descubro (I discover), descobres (you discover, informal singular in some dialects), descobre (he/she/you discover), descobrimos (we discover), descobrem (they/you all discover). The infinitive form is descobrir, and the noun descobrimento (discovery) derives from it.

Regional usage: In Brazilian Portuguese, the pronoun você commonly accompanies the third-person singular form descobre. In European Portuguese, the second-person singular is typically descobres, while você also appears in formal or informal contexts. The verb also appears in various tenses and moods across formal writing and everyday speech.

See also: descobrir, descoberta, descobrimento, verb conjugation in Portuguese.