cobrar
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cuperāre (“take, seize”), a back-formation from Latin recuperāre (“recover, regain”), whence Catalan recobrar. Doublet of recuperar, a borrowing from Latin.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Central) [kuˈβɾa]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [koˈbɾa]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [koˈbɾaɾ]
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb[edit]
cobrar (first-person singular present cobro, first-person singular preterite cobrí, past participle cobrat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/
- (transitive) to charge (money)
- (transitive) to collect, receive (payment)
- (transitive) to earn, be paid
Conjugation[edit]
infinitive | cobrar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | cobrant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | cobrat | cobrada | |||||
plural | cobrats | cobrades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | cobro | cobres | cobra | cobrem | cobreu | cobren | |
imperfect | cobrava | cobraves | cobrava | cobràvem | cobràveu | cobraven | |
future | cobraré | cobraràs | cobrarà | cobrarem | cobrareu | cobraran | |
preterite | cobrí | cobrares | cobrà | cobràrem | cobràreu | cobraren | |
conditional | cobraria | cobraries | cobraria | cobraríem | cobraríeu | cobrarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | cobri | cobris | cobri | cobrem | cobreu | cobrin | |
imperfect | cobrés | cobressis | cobrés | cobréssim | cobréssiu | cobressin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | cobra | cobri | cobrem | cobreu | cobrin | |
negative (no) | — | no cobris | no cobri | no cobrem | no cobreu | no cobrin |
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “cobrar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “cobrar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “cobrar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “cobrar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Anagrams[edit]
Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese cobrar, from Vulgar Latin *cuperāre (“take, seize”), rebracketing from Latin recuperāre (“recover, regain”), whence Galician recobrar. Doublet of recuperar, a borrowing from Latin.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
cobrar (first-person singular present cobro, first-person singular preterite cobrei, past participle cobrado)
- (transitive, archaic) to recover, regain
- (transitive, archaic) to earn, win
- (transitive) to charge (ask for a certain amount of money for something)
- (transitive) to collect, receive (payment)
- (nautical, transitive) to haul
- Synonym: halar
- (figuratively) to have what one's deserve (what goes around comes around)
- Para, nena, que vas cobrar! ― Stop it, child, or you'll have what you are asking for
Conjugation[edit]
1Less recommended.
References[edit]
- “cobrar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “cobrar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “cobrar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “cobrar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
- “cobrar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cobrar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
- “cobrar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Old Galician-Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cuperāre (“take, seize”), a back-formation from Latin recuperāre (“recover, regain”), whence recobrar.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
cobrar
- to recover; to regain
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, 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.
- Eſta é de como ſanta maria fez cobrar a Theophilo a carta que fezera cono demo u ſe tornou ſeu vaſſalo.
Conjugation[edit]
infinitive | simple | cobrar | |||||||
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compound | infinitive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
gerund | simple | cobrando | |||||||
compound | gerund of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
past participle | singular | plural | |||||||
masculine | cobrado | cobrada | |||||||
feminine | cobrados | cobradas | |||||||
present participle | cobrante | cobrantes | |||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
indicative mood | eu | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nos nos outros nos outras |
vos vos outros vos outras |
eles elas | |||
simple tenses |
present | cobro | cobras | cobra | cobramos | cobrades | cobram3, cobran4 | ||
imperfect | cobrava | cobravas | cobrava | cobravamos | cobravades | cobravam3, cobravan4 | |||
preterite | cobrei | cobraste3, cobrasche4 | cobrou | cobramos | cobrastes | cobrarom3, cobraron4 | |||
pluperfect | cobrara | cobraras | cobrara | cobraramos | cobrarades | cobraram3, cobraran4 | |||
future | cobrarei | cobrarás | cobrará | cobraremos | cobraredes | cobrarám3, cobrarán4 | |||
conditional | cobraría | cobrarías | cobraría | cobrariamos | cobrariades | cobraríam3, cobrarían4 | |||
compound tenses |
present perfect | present of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | |||||||
present imperfect | imperfect of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
past anterior | preterite of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
pluperfect | simple pluperfect of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
future perfect | future of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
subjunctive mood | eu | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nos nos outros nos outras |
vos vos outros vos outras |
eles elas | |||
simple tenses |
present | cobre | cobres | cobre | cobremos | cobredes | cobrem3, cobren4 | ||
preterite | cobrasse | cobrasses | cobrasse | cobrássemos | cobrássedes | cobrassem3, cobrassen4 | |||
future | cobrar | cobrares | cobrar | cobrarmos | cobrardes | cobrarem3, cobraren4 | |||
compound tenses |
present perfect | present subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | |||||||
pluperfect | preterite subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
future perfect | future subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
imperative mood | — | tu | vossa mercee | nos nos outros nos outras |
vos vos outros vos outras |
— | |||
affirmative | — | cobra | cobre | cobremos | cobrade | — | |||
negative | — | non cobres | non cobre | non cobremos | non cobredes | — | |||
personal infinitive | eu | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nos nos outros nos outras |
vos vos outros vos outras |
eles elas | |||
cobrar | cobrares | cobrar | cobrarmos | cobrardes | cobrarem3, cobraren4 | ||||
1 Its alternative form aver can be used as well. 2 Teer and ter were used too, though all 3 were less common than forms of "haver". 3 Less common in Galicia 4 Less common in Portugal |
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese cobrar, from Vulgar Latin *cuperāre (“take, seize”), a back-formation from Latin recuperāre (“recover, regain”), whence Portuguese recobrar. Doublet of recuperar, a borrowing from Latin.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: co‧brar
Verb[edit]
cobrar (first-person singular present cobro, first-person singular preterite cobrei, past participle cobrado)(transitive)
- to charge (ask for a certain amount of money for something)
- to demand payment
- (by extension) to demand that something be done
- (sports) to take
- Synonym: bater
- cobrar falta ― to take a free kick
Conjugation[edit]
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Synonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cuperāre (“take, seize”), a back-formation from Latin recuperāre (“recover, regain”), whence Spanish recobrar. Doublet of recuperar, a borrowing from Latin.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
cobrar (first-person singular present cobro, first-person singular preterite cobré, past participle cobrado)
- to charge (money, etc.)
- Me habéis cobrado dos veces.
- You've charged me twice.
- to collect
- to gather up (strength, bravery etc.)
- to pay for something (get one's dues)
- (reflexive) to claim (lives)
- El incendio se cobró tres vidas.
- The fire claimed three lives.
Conjugation[edit]
infinitive | cobrar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | cobrando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | cobrado | cobrada | |||||
plural | cobrados | cobradas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | cobro | cobrastú cobrásvos |
cobra | cobramos | cobráis | cobran | |
imperfect | cobraba | cobrabas | cobraba | cobrábamos | cobrabais | cobraban | |
preterite | cobré | cobraste | cobró | cobramos | cobrasteis | cobraron | |
future | cobraré | cobrarás | cobrará | cobraremos | cobraréis | cobrarán | |
conditional | cobraría | cobrarías | cobraría | cobraríamos | cobraríais | cobrarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | cobre | cobrestú cobrésvos2 |
cobre | cobremos | cobréis | cobren | |
imperfect (ra) |
cobrara | cobraras | cobrara | cobráramos | cobrarais | cobraran | |
imperfect (se) |
cobrase | cobrases | cobrase | cobrásemos | cobraseis | cobrasen | |
future1 | cobrare | cobrares | cobrare | cobráremos | cobrareis | cobraren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | cobratú cobrávos |
cobre | cobremos | cobrad | cobren | ||
negative | no cobres | no cobre | no cobremos | no cobréis | no cobren |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “cobrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Rhymes:Catalan/a(ɾ)
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