/detekˈtaɾ/
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Translation
to detect
Word origin
From Latin detegere ('to uncover'), from de- ('un-') plus tegere ('to cover'). The same root gives English 'detect'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- detegere
- English cognates
- detect
Grammar
Verb type-ar regular
Examples
aparato instante.
The device can detect smoke instantly.
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The doctors managed to detect the illness in time.
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It was not easy to detect the error in the code.
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How can you detect a lie?
radar cualquier .
The radar detects any aircraft in the area.
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