cobre

Sentences
Meaning

cobrir

to cover (conceal or protect)

cobrar

  1. (transitive) to charge (ask for a certain amount of money for something)
  2. (transitive) to demand payment
  3. (broadly, transitive) to demand that something be done
  4. (transitive) to take

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkɔ.bɾi/
Etymology

In summary

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.

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