cobrir
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Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin cooperīre. Compare Occitan cobrir, French couvrir, and Spanish cubrir.
Pronunciation
Verb
cobrir (first-person singular present cobreixo, first-person singular preterite cobrí, past participle cobert)
- (transitive) to cover
- (transitive) to roof
- Synonym: teular
- (transitive) to mount, to mate with
- Synonym: muntar (equines)
- (transitive) to conceal
- Synonym: amagar
- (intransitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to become overcast; to tarnish (of metal)
Conjugation
Conjugation of cobrir (third conjugation, with -eix-, irregular)
| infinitive | cobrir | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | cobrint | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | cobert | coberta | |||||
| plural | coberts | cobertes | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | cobreixo | cobreixes | cobreix | cobrim | cobriu | cobreixen | |
| imperfect | cobria | cobries | cobria | cobríem | cobríeu | cobrien | |
| future | cobriré | cobriràs | cobrirà | cobrirem | cobrireu | cobriran | |
| preterite | cobrí | cobrires | cobrí | cobrírem | cobríreu | cobriren | |
| conditional | cobriria | cobriries | cobriria | cobriríem | cobriríeu | cobririen | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | cobreixi | cobreixis | cobreixi | cobrim | cobriu | cobreixin | |
| imperfect | cobrís | cobrissis | cobrís | cobríssim | cobríssiu | cobrissin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | cobreix | cobreixi | cobrim | cobriu | cobreixin | |
| negative (no) | — | no cobreixis | no cobreixi | no cobrim | no cobriu | no cobreixin | |
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “cobrir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “cobrir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “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.
Galician
Verb
cobrir (first-person singular present cubro, third-person singular present cobre, first-person singular preterite cobrim or cobri, past participle coberto, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of cubrir
Conjugation
Reintegrated conjugation of cobrir (u-o alternation in present singular) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
1Less recommended.
References
- “cobrir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Occitan
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Occitan cobrir, from Latin cooperīre, present active infinitive of cooperiō.
Pronunciation
Verb
cobrir (transitive)
Conjugation
Conjugation of cobrir in 
Lengadocian (Central Occitan)
Lengadocian (Central Occitan)| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | cobrir | aver cobèrt | |||||
| past participle | cobèrt | — | |||||
| gerund | cobrissent | avent cobèrt | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | cobrissi | cobrisses | cobrís | cobrissèm | cobrissètz | cobrisson | |
| imperfect | cobrissiái | cobrissiás | cobrissiá | cobrissiam | cobrissiatz | cobrissián | |
| preterite | cobriguèri | cobriguères | cobriguèt | cobriguèrem | cobriguèretz | cobriguèron | |
| future | cobrirai | cobriràs | cobrirà | cobrirem | cobriretz | cobriràn | |
| conditional | cobririái | cobririás | cobririá | cobririam | cobririatz | cobririán | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | cobriguèra | cobriguèras | cobriguèra | cobrigueram | cobrigueratz | cobriguèran | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver plus the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver plus the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver plus the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver plus the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver plus the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | cobrisca | cobriscas | cobrisca | cobriscam | cobriscatz | cobriscan | |
| imperfect | cobriguèsse | cobriguèsses | cobriguèsse | cobriguèssem | cobriguèssetz | cobriguèsson | |
| compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver plus the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver plus the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| cobrís | cobriscam | cobrissetz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Related terms
Old Occitan
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin cooperiō, cooperīre. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French covrir.
Verb
cobrir
- 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
- 12th century, Bernard de Ventadour, Bel m’es can eu vei la brolha
Related terms
Descendants
- Occitan: cobrir
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “cooperīre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 1141
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese cobrir, from Latin cooperīre.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: co‧brir
Verb
cobrir (first-person singular present cubro, third-person singular present cobre, first-person singular preterite cobri, past participle coberto)
Conjugation
Conjugation of cobrir (u-o alternation in present singular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)