cobrir

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cooperīre. Compare Occitan cobrir, French couvrir, and Spanish cubrir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuˈβɾi]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kuˈbɾi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [koˈbɾiɾ]
• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

cobrir (first-person singular present cobreixo, first-person singular preterite cobrí, past participle cobert)

1. (transitive) to cover
2. (transitive) to roof

   Synonym: teular

3. (transitive) to mount, to mate with

   Synonym: muntar (equines)

4. (transitive) to conceal

   Synonym: amagar

5. (intransitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to become overcast; to tarnish (of metal)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cobrir (third conjugation, with -eix-, irregular)

infinitive			cobrir
gerund			cobrint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cobert		coberta
		plural		coberts		cobertes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	cobreixo	cobreixes	cobreix	cobrim	cobriu	cobreixen
	imperfect	cobria	cobries	cobria	cobríem	cobríeu	cobrien
	future	cobriré	cobriràs	cobrirà	cobrirem	cobrireu	cobriran
	preterite	cobrí	cobrires	cobrí	cobrírem	cobríreu	cobriren
	conditional	cobriria	cobriries	cobriria	cobriríem	cobriríeu	cobririen
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	cobreixi	cobreixis	cobreixi	cobrim	cobriu	cobreixin
	imperfect	cobrís	cobrissis	cobrís	cobríssim	cobríssiu	cobrissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	cobreix	cobreixi	cobrim	cobriu	cobreixin
	negative (no)	—	no cobreixis	no cobreixi	no cobrim	no cobriu	no cobreixin

Derived terms

• cobertada
• cobertat
• coberteria
• cobrebanyera
• cobrecalze
• cobrellit
• cobrent
• cobreobjectes
• cobretaula
• cobriespatlles
• cobriment
• recobrir

 

Related terms

• cobert
• coberta
• cobertor
• cobertura
• cobricel

 

Further reading

• “cobrir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cobrir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “cobrir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cobrir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Verb

cobrir (first-person singular present cubro, third-person singular present cobre, first-person singular preterite cobrim or cobri, past participle coberto, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of cubrir

Conjugation

    Reintegrated conjugation of cobrir (u-o alternation in present singular) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cobrir
Personal	cobrir	cobrires	cobrir	cobrirmos	cobrirdes	cobrirem
Gerund
	cobrindo
Past participle
Masculine	coberto			cobertos
Feminine	coberta			cobertas
Indicative
Present	cubro	cobres	cobre	cobrimos	cobrides, cobris	cobrem
Imperfect	cobria	cobrias	cobria	cobríamos	cobríades, cobríeis, cobríais1	cobriam
Preterite	cobrim, cobri	cobriste, cobriche1	cobriu	cobrimos	cobristes	cobrírom, cobriram
Pluperfect	cobrira	cobriras	cobrira	cobríramos	cobrírades, cobríreis, cobrírais1	cobriram
Future	cobrirei	cobrirás	cobrirá	cobriremos	cobriredes, cobrireis	cobrirám, cobrirão
Conditional	cobriria	cobririas	cobriria	cobriríamos	cobriríades, cobriríeis, cobriríais1	cobririam
Subjunctive
Present	cubra	cubras	cubra	cubramos	cubrades, cubrais	cubram
Imperfect	cobrisse	cobrisses	cobrisse	cobríssemos	cobríssedes, cobrísseis	cobrissem
Future	cobrir	cobrires	cobrir	cobrirmos	cobrirdes	cobrirem
Imperative
Affirmative		cobre	cubra	cubramos	cobride, cobri	cubram
Negative (nom)		nom cubras	nom cubra	nom cubramos	nom cubrades, nom cubrais	nom cubram

¹Less recommended.

References

• “cobrir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Occitan

Alternative forms

• crubir, cubrir (Limousin)
• curbir

Etymology

From Old Occitan cobrir, from Latin cooperīre, present active infinitive of cooperiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈβɾi/
• Rhymes: -i

• audio (Béarn)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: co‧brir

Verb

cobrir (transitive)

1. to cover

   Antonym: descobrir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cobrir in Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		cobrir			aver cobèrt
past participle		cobèrt			—
gerund		cobrissent			avent cobèrt
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	cobrissi	cobrisses	cobrís	cobrissèm	cobrissètz	cobrisson
	imperfect	cobrissiái	cobrissiás	cobrissiá	cobrissiam	cobrissiatz	cobrissián
	preterite	cobriguèri	cobriguères	cobriguèt	cobriguèrem	cobriguèretz	cobriguèron
	future	cobrirai	cobriràs	cobrirà	cobrirem	cobriretz	cobriràn
	conditional	cobririái	cobririás	cobririá	cobririam	cobririatz	cobririán
	conditional 2nd form1	cobriguèra	cobriguèras	cobriguèra	cobrigueram	cobrigueratz	cobriguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver plus the past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver plus the past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver plus the past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver plus the past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver plus the past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	cobrisca	cobriscas	cobrisca	cobriscam	cobriscatz	cobriscan
	imperfect	cobriguèsse	cobriguèsses	cobriguèsse	cobriguèssem	cobriguèssetz	cobriguèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver plus the past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver plus the past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			cobrís		cobriscam	cobrissetz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Related terms

• dobrir

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• cubrir, curbi

Etymology

From Latin cooperiō, cooperīre. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French covrir.

Verb

cobrir

1. to cover
   • 12th century, Bernard de Ventadour, Bel m’es can eu vei la brolha

     e.lh ram son cubert de folha

     and the branches are covered with leaves

Related terms

• obrir / ubrir

Descendants

• Occitan: cobrir

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “cooperīre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 1141

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cobrir, from Latin cooperīre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈbɾi(ʁ)/ [koˈbɾi(h)], /kuˈbɾi(ʁ)/ [kuˈbɾi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈbɾi(ʁ)/ [koˈbɾi(h)], /kuˈbɾi(ʁ)/ [kuˈbɾi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kuˈbɾi(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koˈbɾi(ʁ)/ [koˈbɾi(χ)], /kuˈbɾi(ʁ)/ [kuˈbɾi(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈbɾi(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈbɾiɾ/ [kuˈβɾiɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈbɾiɾ/ [kuˈβɾiɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈbɾi.ɾi/ [kuˈβɾi.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: co‧brir

Verb

cobrir (first-person singular present cubro, third-person singular present cobre, first-person singular preterite cobri, past participle coberto)

1. to cover (conceal or protect)

   Synonyms: ocultar, tapar

   Antonym: descobrir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cobrir (u-o alternation in present singular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cobrir
Personal	cobrir	cobrires	cobrir	cobrirmos	cobrirdes	cobrirem
Gerund
	cobrindo
Past participle
Masculine	coberto			cobertos
Feminine	coberta			cobertas
Indicative
Present	cubro	cobres	cobre	cobrimos	cobris	cobrem
Imperfect	cobria	cobrias	cobria	cobríamos	cobríeis	cobriam
Preterite	cobri	cobriste	cobriu	cobrimos	cobristes	cobriram
Pluperfect	cobrira	cobriras	cobrira	cobríramos	cobríreis	cobriram
Future	cobrirei	cobrirás	cobrirá	cobriremos	cobrireis	cobrirão
Conditional	cobriria	cobririas	cobriria	cobriríamos	cobriríeis	cobririam
Subjunctive
Present	cubra	cubras	cubra	cubramos	cubrais	cubram
Imperfect	cobrisse	cobrisses	cobrisse	cobríssemos	cobrísseis	cobrissem
Future	cobrir	cobrires	cobrir	cobrirmos	cobrirdes	cobrirem
Imperative
Affirmative		cobre	cubra	cubramos	cobri	cubram
Negative (não)		não cubras	não cubra	não cubramos	não cubrais	não cubram

Related terms

• coberto
• cobertor
• cobrimento
• descoberto
• descobrir