descubrimiento

discovery

noun dehs-koo-bree-MYEHN-toh Less Common

Origin: From descubrir (to discover) + -miento, from Latin discooperire.

Usage Note

Descubrimiento is used both for the act of discovering (el descubrimiento de América) and for the thing discovered itself (un descubrimiento científico = 'a scientific discovery'). The verb is descubrir; the person is descubridor/descubridora. Note the spelling: a u after the c in descu- (not desco-).

Examples

"El descubrimiento de la penicilina salvó millones de vidas."

Natural Translation

The discovery of penicillin saved millions of lives.

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