(transitive) to charge (ask for a certain amount of money for something)
(transitive) to demand payment
(broadly, transitive) to demand that something be done
(transitive) to take
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/koˈbɾa(ʁ)/
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese cobrar, from Vulgar Latin *cuperāre (“take, seize”), a back-formation from Latin recuperāre (“recover, regain”), whence Portuguese recobrar. Doublet of recuperar, a borrowing from Latin.