cobre
Meaning
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- (masculine) copper (reddish-brown, malleable metal)
- (masculine) copper
- (colloquial,masculine) a small amount of money; little change
Frequency
Hyphenated as
co‧bre
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkɔ.bɾi/
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Late Latin cuprum (“copper”), from Latin cyprium (aes) (“Cypriot copper”), from Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros), because Cyprus was its chief source.
New
cobrir
to cover (conceal or protect)
New
cobrar
- (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
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