Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar LatinCategory:Catalan terms inherited from Vulgar Latin#COBRARCategory:Catalan terms derived from Vulgar Latin#COBRAR *cuperāre (“take, seize”), a back-formation from LatinCategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#COBRAR recuperāre (“recover, regain”), whence Catalan recobrar. Doublet of recuperarCategory:Catalan doublets#COBRAR, a borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuˈβɾa]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#COBRAR
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [koˈbɾa]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#COBRAR
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koˈbɾaɾ]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#COBRAR

• Audio (Barcelona):

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  Category:Catalan terms with audio pronunciation#COBRAR
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)Category:Rhymes:Catalan/a(ɾ)#COBRARCategory:Rhymes:Catalan/a(ɾ)/2 syllables#COBRAR

Verb

cobrar (first-person singular present cobro, first-person singular preterite cobrí, past participle cobrat)Category:Catalan lemmas#COBRARCategory:Catalan verbs#COBRARCategory:Catalan first conjugation verbs#COBRARCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#COBRARCategory:Pages with entries#COBRARCategory:Pages with 5 entries#COBRAR; root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (transitiveCategory:Catalan transitive verbs#COBRAR) to charge (money)
2. (transitiveCategory:Catalan transitive verbs#COBRAR) to collect, receive (payment)
3. (transitiveCategory:Catalan transitive verbs#COBRAR) to earn, be paid

References

• “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.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “cobrar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “cobrar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Anagrams

• barroc, brocar, corbar

Etymology

From Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#COBRARCategory:Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#COBRAR cobrar, from Vulgar LatinCategory:Galician terms inherited from Vulgar Latin#COBRARCategory:Galician terms derived from Vulgar Latin#COBRAR *cuperāre (“take, seize”), rebracketing from LatinCategory:Galician terms derived from Latin#COBRAR recuperāre (“recover, regain”), whence Galician recobrar. Doublet of recuperarCategory:Galician doublets#COBRAR, a borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koˈβɾaɾ]Category:Galician terms with IPA pronunciation#COBRAR

Verb

cobrar (first-person singular present cobro, first-person singular preterite cobrei, past participle cobrado)Category:Galician lemmas#COBRARCategory:Galician verbs#COBRARCategory:Galician verbs ending in -ar#COBRARCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#COBRARCategory:Pages with entries#COBRARCategory:Pages with 5 entries#COBRAR

1. (transitiveCategory:Galician transitive verbs#COBRAR, archaicCategory:Galician terms with archaic senses#COBRAR) to recover, regain
2. (transitiveCategory:Galician transitive verbs#COBRAR, archaicCategory:Galician terms with archaic senses#COBRAR) to earn, win
3. (transitiveCategory:Galician transitive verbs#COBRAR) to charge (ask for a certain amount of money for something)
4. (transitiveCategory:Galician transitive verbs#COBRAR) to collect, receive (payment)
5. (nauticalCategory:gl:Nautical#COBRAR, transitiveCategory:Galician transitive verbs#COBRAR) 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 forCategory:Galician terms with usage examples#COBRAR

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “cobrar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cobrar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (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, 2012–2026
• 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 (in Galician), 2014–2026
• 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

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar LatinCategory:Old Galician-Portuguese terms inherited from Vulgar Latin#COBRARCategory:Old Galician-Portuguese terms derived from Vulgar Latin#COBRAR *cuperāre (“take, seize”), a back-formation from LatinCategory:Old Galician-Portuguese terms derived from Latin#COBRAR recuperāre (“recover, regain”), whence recobrar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko.ˈbɾaɾ/Category:Old Galician-Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#COBRAR
• Rhymes: -aɾCategory:Rhymes:Old Galician-Portuguese/aɾ#COBRARCategory:Rhymes:Old Galician-Portuguese/aɾ/2 syllables#COBRAR

Verb

cobrarCategory:Old Galician-Portuguese lemmas#COBRARCategory:Old Galician-Portuguese verbs#COBRARCategory:Old Galician-Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#COBRARCategory:Pages with entries#COBRARCategory:Pages with 5 entries#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.

Etymology

From Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#COBRARCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#COBRAR cobrar, from Vulgar LatinCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Vulgar Latin#COBRARCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Vulgar Latin#COBRAR *cuperāre (“take, seize”), a back-formation from LatinCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#COBRAR recuperāre (“recover, regain”), whence Portuguese recobrar. Doublet of recuperarCategory:Portuguese doublets#COBRAR, a borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: co‧brar

Verb

cobrar (first-person singular present cobro, first-person singular preterite cobrei, past participle cobrado)Category:Portuguese lemmas#COBRARCategory:Portuguese verbs#COBRARCategory:Portuguese verbs ending in -ar#COBRARCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#COBRARCategory:Pages with entries#COBRARCategory:Pages with 5 entries#COBRAR(transitiveCategory:Portuguese transitive verbs#COBRAR)

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:

     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)

     Category:Portuguese terms with quotations#COBRARCategory:Requests for translations of Portuguese quotations#COBRAR

4. (sportsCategory:pt:Sports#COBRAR) to take

   Synonym: bater

   cobrar falta ― to take a free kickCategory:Portuguese terms with collocations#COBRAR

References

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

Further reading

• “cobrar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cobrar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar LatinCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Vulgar Latin#COBRARCategory:Spanish terms derived from Vulgar Latin#COBRAR *cuperāre (“take, seize”), a back-formation from LatinCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#COBRAR recuperāre (“recover, regain”), whence Spanish recobrar. Doublet of recuperarCategory:Spanish doublets#COBRAR, a borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈbɾaɾ/ [koˈβ̞ɾaɾ]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#COBRARCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#COBRAR

• Audio (Colombia):

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  Category:Spanish terms with audio pronunciation#COBRAR
• Rhymes: -aɾCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ#COBRARCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ/2 syllables#COBRAR
• Syllabification: co‧brar

Verb

cobrar (first-person singular present cobro, first-person singular preterite cobré, past participle cobrado)Category:Spanish lemmas#COBRARCategory:Spanish verbs#COBRARCategory:Spanish verbs ending in -ar#COBRARCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#COBRARCategory:Pages with entries#COBRARCategory:Pages with 5 entries#COBRAR

1. to charge (money, etc.)

   Me han cobrado dos veces.

   They've charged me twice.

   Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#COBRAR

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

   El incendio se cobró tres vidas.

   The fire claimed three lives.

   Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#COBRAR

Further reading

• “cobrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025