cobrar

Catalan

Etymology

From apheresis of recobrar, from , from Latin recuperāre, present active infinitive of recuperō (“I regain; I recover”). Doublet of recuperar, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuˈβɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [koˈbɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koˈbɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

cobrar (first-person singular present cobro, first-person singular preterite cobrí, past participle cobrat)

1. to charge (money)
2. to collect, receive (payment)
3. to earn, be paid

Related terms

• recobrar

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From apheresis of recobrar, from Latin recuperāre, present active infinitive of recuperō (“I regain; I recover”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko.ˈbɾaɾ/

Verb

cobrar

1. to recover; to regain
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 3 (facsimile):

     Eſta é de como ſanta maria fez cobrar a Theophilo a carta que fezera cono demo u ſe tornou ſeu vaſſalo.

     This one is (about) how Holy Mary recovered for Theophilos the contract he had made with the Devil and became his vassal.

Descendants

• Galician: cobrar
• Portuguese: cobrar

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cobrar, from recobrar, with apheresis, itself from Latin recuperāre, present active infinitive of recuperō (“I regain; I recover”). Doublet of recuperar (“to recover”), a borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko.ˈbɾa(ɹ)/
• IPA^(key): /ko.ˈbɾa(ɻ)/
• IPA^(key): /ku.ˈβɾaɾ/
• Hyphenation: co‧brar

Verb

1. to charge (ask for a certain amount of money for something)
2. to demand payment
3. (by extension) to demand that something be done
4. (sports) to take

   Synonym: bater

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Synonyms

• (to demand): exigir, mandar

Related terms

• cobrado
• cobrador
• cobrança

 

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Spanish

Etymology

Apheresis from recobrar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈbɾaɾ/ [koˈβ̞ɾaɾ]

Verb

1. to charge (money, etc.)
2. to collect
3. to gather up (strength, bravery etc.)
4. to pay for something (get one's dues)

Derived terms

• cobrar forma

 

Related terms

• cobrador
• recobrar