hallazgo

/aˈʝaθɡo/ · B2 · noun · m

discovery

💎🔍 hallazgo = from hallar (to find) + -azgo noun suffix: a find

Hallar comes from Latin afflare, 'to breathe upon', which came to mean sniffing something out and finding it. Hallazgo is the noun for what turns up: a discovery or find.

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