cobre

Meaning

Noun

copper (reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29)

Verb

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

cobrar

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

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Concepts

copper

bronze

Cu

brass

see batirse el cobre

copper color

atomic number 29

Synonyms

bronce

latón

moneda

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Cu

metal cobre

color de cobre

pachuco

mostrar ordinariez o bajeza

azufre

arambre

Translations

cuivre

rame

Kupfer

cobre

koper

coure

χαλκός

cuprum

نحاس

bakır

aes

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μπακίρι

coire

cyprum

Hyphenated as

co‧bre

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkobɾe/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: cyprium (aes)

Cognate with Portuguese: cobre

Cognate with Catalan: coure

In summary

Inherited from Late Latin cuprum (“copper”), from Latin cyprium (aes) (“Cypriot copper”), from Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros), because Cyprus was its chief source. The irregular evolution of this term in Spanish and other Ibero-Romance languages like Portuguese cobre (with the expected result being *cobro) has been suggested to perhaps be due to some influence from Catalan coure, although this is uncertain because of the discrepancy between the internal consonants and the unusual idea of just altering the final consonants due to foreign influence. More likely, it may have been informally influenced by alambre (older arambre), originally meaning bronze in Old Spanish.