cobro

See also: cobró

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈkɔ.βɾu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkɔ.bɾo]

Verb

cobro

1. first-person singular present indicative of cobrar

Galician

Verb

cobro

1. first-person singular present indicative of cobrar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈko.bɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈko.bɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈko.bɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈko.bɾu/ [ˈko.βɾu]

• Rhymes: -obɾu
• Hyphenation: co‧bro

Etymology 1

Deverbal from cobrar.

Noun

cobro m (plural cobros)

1. act or effect of collecting, receiving or demanding what is due; collection
2. collection; receipt
3. term; end
4. (history) rent charged by the crown to tenants of certain lands owned by the king
5. (informal) a safe place to store money, jewelry, etc.

Etymology 2

From cobra (“snake”).

Noun

cobro m (plural cobros)

1. (informal) rash which popular belief attributes to the passage of venomous animals through clothing

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.bɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.bɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.bɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.bɾu/ [ˈkɔ.βɾu]

• Rhymes: -ɔbɾu
• Hyphenation: co‧bro

Verb

cobro

1. first-person singular present indicative of cobrar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkobɾo/ [ˈko.β̞ɾo]
• Rhymes: -obɾo
• Syllabification: co‧bro

Etymology 1

Deverbal from cobrar.

Noun

cobro m (plural cobros)

1. payment, paying
2. cashing
3. charge
4. recovery (of debt)

Derived terms

• a cobro revertido
• caseta de cobro
• cobro de lo indebido
• cobro revertido
• poner al cobro
• poner cobro
• poner en cobro

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cobro

1. first-person singular present indicative of cobrar

Further reading

• “cobro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28