cobrar

Meaning

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)

Pronounced as (IPA)

[koˈβɾaɾ]

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cobrar, from Vulgar Latin *cuperāre (“take, seize”), rebracketing from Latin recuperāre (“recover, regain”), whence Galician recobrar. Doublet of recuperar, a borrowing from Latin.

Sentences

Cobrar créditos da herdanza , aínda cando non se prestase fianza.

Collection of inheritance credits, even when no bail has been provided.