cobrar

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

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.

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

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)