cobrir

From Old Occitan cobrir, from Latin cooperīre, present active infinitive of cooperiō.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /kuˈbɾi/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /koˈbɾiɾ/
• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

cobrir (first-person singular present cobreixo, past participle cobert)

1. to cover

• “cobrir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cobrir” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “cobrir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cobrir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• cubrir, curbi

From Latin cooperiō, cooperīre. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French covrir.

cobrir

1. to cover
   • 12th century, Bernard de Ventadour, Bel m’es can eu vei la brolha

     e.lh ram son cubert de folha

     and the branches are covered with leaves

• obrir / ubrir

• Catalan: cobrir
• Occitan: cobrir

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “cooperīre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 20, page 1141

From Old Portuguese cobrir, from Latin cooperīre, present active infinitive of cooperiō.

• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /ku.bɾi(ɹ)/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.bɾi(ɻ)/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.βɾiɾ/

cobrir (first-person singular present indicative cubro, past participle coberto)

1. to cover (conceal or protect)

   Synonyms: ocultar, tapar

   Antonym: descobrir