detectar
/deteɡˈtaɾ/ · B1 · verb
to detect
🔍 detectar = detect: Latin de- (un-) + tegere (to cover), to uncover
From Latin detegere, to uncover: de- (remove) + tegere (to cover), the same root as protect. To detect something is to take the cover off it. Spanish just adds the verb ending -ar.