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cobrar

cobrar

Catalan

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

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, attributed to 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.

Descendants

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese cobrar, Latin recuperāre, present active infinitive of recuperō ‎(“I regain; I recover”). Cognate of recuperar ‎(“to recover”).

Pronunciation

  • (Paulista) IPA(key): /ko.ˈbɾa(ɹ)/
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.ˈbɾa(ɻ)/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ku.ˈβɾaɾ/
  • Hyphenation: co‧brar

Verb

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

  1. to charge (to 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

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Spanish

Etymology

Apheresis from recobrar.

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cobrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
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
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
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present cobre cobrestú
cobrésvos1 		cobre cobremos cobréis cobren
imperfect
(ra)		 cobrara cobraras cobrara cobráramos cobrarais cobraran
imperfect
(se)		 cobrase cobrases cobrase cobrásemos cobraseis cobrasen
future 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
1Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
    Selected combined forms of cobraredit data

These forms are generated automatically and may not be attested. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive cobrar
dative cobrarme cobrarte, cobrarle cobrarle, cobrarse cobrarnos cobraros, cobrarles cobrarles, cobrarse
accusative cobrarme cobrarte, cobrarlo, cobrarla cobrarlo, cobrarla, cobrarse cobrarnos cobraros, cobrarlos, cobrarlas cobrarlos, cobrarlas, cobrarse
with gerund cobrando
dative cobrándome cobrándote, cobrándole cobrándole, cobrándose cobrándonos cobrándoos, cobrándoles cobrándoles, cobrándose
accusative cobrándome cobrándote, cobrándolo, cobrándola cobrándolo, cobrándola, cobrándose cobrándonos cobrándoos, cobrándolos, cobrándolas cobrándolos, cobrándolas, cobrándose
with informal second-person singular imperative cobra
dative cóbrame cóbrate, cóbrale cóbrale cóbranos cóbraos, cóbrales cóbrales
accusative cóbrame cóbrate, cóbralo, cóbrala cóbralo, cóbrala cóbranos cóbraos, cóbralos, cóbralas cóbralos, cóbralas
with formal second-person singular imperative cobre
dative cóbreme cóbrete, cóbrele cóbrele, cóbrese cóbrenos cóbreles cóbreles, cóbrese
accusative cóbreme cóbrete, cóbrelo, cóbrela cóbrelo, cóbrela, cóbrese cóbrenos cóbrelos, cóbrelas cóbrelos, cóbrelas, cóbrese
with first-person plural imperative cobremos
dative not used cobrémosle cobrémosle cobrémonos cobrémosles cobrémosles
accusative not used cobrémoslo, cobrémosla cobrémoslo, cobrémosla cobrémonos cobrémoslos, cobrémoslas cobrémoslos, cobrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative cobrad
dative cobradme cobradle cobradle cobradnos cobraos, cobradles cobradles
accusative cobradme cobradlo, cobradla cobradlo, cobradla cobradnos cobraos, cobradlos, cobradlas cobradlos, cobradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative cobren
dative cóbrenme cóbrente, cóbrenle cóbrenle, cóbrense cóbrenos cóbrenles cóbrenles, cóbrense
accusative cóbrenme cóbrente, cóbrenlo, cóbrenla cóbrenlo, cóbrenla, cóbrense cóbrenos cóbrenlos, cóbrenlas cóbrenlos, cóbrenlas, cóbrense

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