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GALICIAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

cobrar.

to recover, regain

6 characters2 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

verb[koˈβɾaɾ]
  1. to recover, regain

    archaic · transitive
  2. to earn, win

    archaic · transitive
  3. to charge (ask for a certain amount of money for something)

    transitive
  4. to collect, receive (payment)

    transitive
  5. to haul

    transitive
  6. to have what one's deserve (what goes around comes around)

    figuratively
    Para, nena, que vas cobrar!
Where this word comes from

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.

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