cobra

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (feminine) snake
2. (feminine) cobra

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of cobrar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of cobrar:

cobrar

1. (archaic, transitive) to recover, regain
2. (archaic, transitive) to earn, win
3. (transitive) to charge (ask for a certain amount of money for something)
4. (transitive) to collect, receive (payment)
5. (transitive) to haul
6. (figuratively) to have what one's deserve (what goes around comes around)

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈkɔβɾa̝/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Latyn: colubra

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese coobra (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *colŏbra, altered from Classical Latin colubra, feminine counterpart to coluber (“snake”), of uncertain origin.