cobrar

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.

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

cobrar (first-person singular present cobro, first-person singular preterite cobrí, past participle cobrat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

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

• recobrar

• “cobrar”, 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
• “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, 2025

• barroc, brocar, corbar

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.

• IPA^(key): [koˈβɾaɾ]

cobrar (first-person singular present cobro, first-person singular preterite cobrei, past participle cobrado)

1. (transitive, archaic) to recover, regain
2. (transitive, archaic) to earn, win
3. (transitive) to charge (ask for a certain amount of money for something)
4. (transitive) to collect, receive (payment)
5. (nautical, transitive) to haul

   Synonym: halar

6. (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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cobrar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cobrar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cobrar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “cobrar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cobrar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “cobrar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cobrar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cuperāre (“take, seize”), a back-formation from Latin recuperāre (“recover, regain”), whence recobrar.

• IPA^(key): /ko.ˈbɾaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ

cobrar

1. to recover; to regain
   • a. 1284, 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.

• Galician: cobrar
• Portuguese: cobrar

• Universo Cantigas - "cobrar"

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.

• Hyphenation: co‧brar

cobrar (first-person singular present cobro, first-person singular preterite cobrei, past participle cobrado)(transitive)

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
   • 2024 September 7, “Bolsonaro reúne milhares na Paulista, cobra freio a Moraes e repete pedido de anistia do 8/1”, in Folha de S.Paulo‎^[1]:

     Ele cobrou freio ao magistrado e repetiu pedidos de anistia a presos pelo 8 de janeiro de 2023.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

4. (sports) to take

   Synonym: bater

   cobrar falta ― to take a free kick

• (to demand): exigir, mandar

• http://www.aulete.com.br/cobrar
• https://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/lingua-portuguesa/cobrar

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.

• IPA^(key): /koˈbɾaɾ/ [koˈβ̞ɾaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: co‧brar

cobrar (first-person singular present cobro, first-person singular preterite cobré, past participle cobrado)

1. to charge (money, etc.)

   Me han cobrado dos veces.

   You've charged me twice.

2. to collect
3. to gather up (strength, bravery etc.)
4. to pay for something (get one's dues)
5. (reflexive) to claim (lives)

   El incendio se cobró tres vidas.

   The fire claimed three lives.

• Chavacano: cobra
• → Cebuano: kobra
• → Tagalog: kobra

• “cobrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024