cobertor

Catalan

Etymology

From cobert +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ku.βərˈto]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ko.bərˈto]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ko.beɾˈtoɾ]

Noun

cobertor m (plural cobertors)

1. bedspread, coverlet, counterpane
2. a protective and decorative cloth spread over an altar, table, etc.

   Synonym: tovalles

Further reading

• “cobertor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cobertor, from Latin coopertōrium, or from cubrir, cuberto + -(t)or. Cf. also the rare or archaic cobertoiro, and Portuguese cobertouro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kobeɾˈtoɾ/ [ko.β̞eɾˈt̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Hyphenation: co‧ber‧tor

Noun

cobertor m (plural cobertores)

1. blanket, coverlet

   Synonym: manta

Related terms

• cubrir

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “cobertor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cobertor”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cobertor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cobertor”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cobertor”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cobertor, from Latin coopertōrium, or from cobrir, coberto + -(t)or. Cf. also the rare or archaic cobertouro, and Galician cobertoiro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.beʁˈtoʁ/ [ko.behˈtoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.beʁˈtoʁ/ [ko.behˈtoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ko.beɾˈtoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ko.beʁˈtoʁ/ [ko.beχˈtoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ko.beɻˈtoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.bɨɾˈtoɾ/ [ku.βɨɾˈtoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.bɨɾˈtoɾ/ [ku.βɨɾˈtoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.bɨɾˈto.ɾi/ [ku.βɨɾˈto.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: co‧ber‧tor

Noun

cobertor m (plural cobertores)

1. blanket, coverlet

Related terms

• cobrir

Further reading

• “cobertor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cobertor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin coopertōrium, or from cubrir, cubierto (cf. Old Spanish cobrir) and the suffix -(t)or. See the related cobertero, cobertera, from the same origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kobeɾˈtoɾ/ [ko.β̞eɾˈt̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: co‧ber‧tor

Adjective

cobertor (feminine cobertora, masculine plural cobertores, feminine plural cobertoras)

1. covering

Noun

cobertor m (plural cobertores)

1. blanket, coverlet

Related terms

• cobertera
• cobertero
• cubrir

Further reading

• “cobertor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025