eles descobrissem

found out, discovered

→ descobrir
des undo, remove, or reverse + cobr to cover, pay for + issem 3rd-person plural imperfect subjunctive
verb · 3rd-person plural, imperfect tense Rare #42,301
found out, discovered Often means “found out” when referring to learning a secret or fact.
PO: Se eles descobrissem a verdade, ficariam surpresos.
EN: If they found out the truth, they would be surprised.
Conjugation of descobrir
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First descobrisse —
Third descobrisse descobrissem

Se não descobrissem o fotógrafo, milhares de pessoas morreriam!

If they hadn't discovered the photographer, thousands of people would have died!

— O Paciente Inglês (1996)

Maria não queria que os pais descobrissem.

Maria didn’t want her parents to find out.

Tom não queria que os pais descobrissem.

Tom didn’t want his parents to find out.

Se descobrissem, estaríamos mortos.

If they found out, we'd be dead.

— Agente Zeta (2026)