scoperto

Scoperto is the Italian past participle of the verb scoprire, meaning to discover or to uncover. It is used both in verb tenses of discovery or revelation and as an adjective describing something that has been revealed or made visible. In everyday Italian, it covers senses such as “I discovered” (scoperto) and “uncovered” (scoperto as an adjective).

As a participle, scoperto agrees in gender and number when used as an adjective: scoperto (masc. sing.), scoperta (fem. sing.), scoperti (masc. plur.), scoperte (fem. plur.). In compound tenses with avere, the participle typically remains in its base form unless a preceding direct object requires agreement, in which case it may take the corresponding ending.

The noun form scoperta means “a discovery” or “the act of discovering.” The feminine form scoperta is also used as an adjective meaning “discovered” or “revealed” in descriptive phrases, and as a noun to denote a discovery itself.

Common usages include: “Ho scoperto una nuova strada” (I discovered a new road) and “La superficie è scoperta” (The surface is uncovered). The term is also frequent in scientific and historical writing when referring to findings or unveilings, often rendered in English as “discovered” or “discovery” depending on context.

See also: scoprire, scoperta, discovered.