Polyglot Dictionary

descortinar

/dʒiskoɾtʃiˈnaɾ/

verb C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (eu)
descortino
preterite (eu)
descortinei
past participle
descortinado

Meaning

  1. to reveal

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

revelar

descortinar is more literary or dramatic, to unveil or reveal a vista or hidden truth dramatically; revelar is the general everyday word — both mean "to reveal."

Similar in other languages

German

offenbaren

offenbaren is the German word for the same thing — both mean "to reveal."

Spanish

revelar

revelar is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to reveal."

French

révéler

révéler is the French word for the same thing — both mean "to reveal."

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