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find out in Portuguese

find out in Portuguese is descobrir — find out means to learn something you did not previously know, either by asking, checking or discovering it by chance.

find out in Portuguese

descobrir
verb
(transitive) To discover or expose (someone) as disobedient, dishonest, etc.

What does "find out" mean?

  1. phrasal verb To learn something you did not previously know, either by asking, checking or discovering it by chance.
    "I rang the surgery to find out whether the results were back."
  2. phrasal verb To detect someone in a lie, crime or deception, so that their behaviour becomes known.
    "He was terrified his employers would find him out."
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find out in a sentence

  • I rang the surgery to find out whether the results were back.
  • We found out later that the train had been cancelled all along.
  • He was terrified his employers would find him out.
  • Cheats are almost always found out in the end.

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What is "find out" in Portuguese?

"find out" in Portuguese is descobrir. find out means: To learn something you did not previously know, either by asking, checking or discovering it by chance.

How do you use "find out" in a sentence?

Example: "I rang the surgery to find out whether the results were back." In Portuguese, "find out" is descobrir.

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