cobre

See also: cobré

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin cūprum (“copper”), from Latin cȳprium (aes) (“Cypriot copper”), because Cyprus was its chief source.

Noun

cobre m (uncountable)

1. copper

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Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century. From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese, from Late Latin cūprum (“copper”), from Latin (aes) Cȳprium (“Cypriot copper” because Cyprus was its chief source), from Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros), from κυπάρισσος (kupárissos, “cypress”), probably from an unknown Mediterranean Pre-Greek language; compare Hebrew גפר (gopher), the name of the tree whose wood was used to make the ark (Genesis, 6:14).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔβɾe̝/

Noun

cobre m (uncountable)

1. copper
   • 1281, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia (ed.), História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI (com referência á situação do galego moderno). Coimbra: I.N.I.C., page 133:

     Dou a mia arameña τ o morteyro de cobre a Santa Maria de Monte de Ramo para a capella.

     I bequeath my bowl and the copper mortar to St. Mary of Montederramo, for the chapel

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cobre”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cobre”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.βɾɨ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.bɾi/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.bɾe/
• Hyphenation: co‧bre

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Late Latin cūprum (“copper”), from Latin cȳprium (aes) (“Cypriot copper”), from Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros), because Cyprus was its chief source.

Noun

cobre m (plural s)

1. copper (reddish-brown, malleable metal)
2. (colloquial) a small amount of money; little change

Etymology 2

Verb

cobre

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Etymology 3

Verb

cobre

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈko.βɾe/

Chemical element
Cu
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Etymology 1

From Late Latin cūprum (“copper”), from Latin cȳprium (aes) (“Cypriot copper”), from Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros), because Cyprus was its chief source. The irregular evolution of this term in Spanish and other Ibero-Romance languages like Portuguese cobre (with the expected result being *cobro) has been suggested to perhaps be due to some influence from Catalan coure, although this is uncertain because of the discrepancy between the internal consonants and the unusual idea of just altering the final consonants due to foreign influence. More likely, it may have been informally influenced by alambre (older arambre), originally meaning bronze in Old Spanish.

Noun

cobre m (uncountable)

1. copper (reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29)

Derived terms

• cobrizo

Etymology 2

Verb

cobre

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of cobrar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of cobrar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of cobrar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of cobrar.