kobra

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kobˈɾa/, (verb: to collect payment)

• IPA^(key): /ˈkobɾa/, (noun: cobra)
• Hyphenation: ko‧bra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish cobrar.

Alternative forms

• kubra

Verb

kobrá (Badlit spelling ᜃᜓᜊ᜔ᜇ)

1. to collect payment (such as bills, debts, bets (esp. in jueteng), etc.

   Synonym: kolekta

Derived terms

• kobrador

Related terms

• kobransa

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English cobra or Spanish cobra, from Portuguese cobra (“snake”).

Noun

kobra (Badlit spelling ᜃᜓᜊ᜔ᜇ)

1. cobra

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

kobra

Wikipedia ^cs

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese cobra from Vulgar Latin *colobra from Latin colūbra (“snake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

kobra f

1. cobra (Various venomous snakes of the family Elapidae)
2. (volleyball, jargon) cobra (a method of playing the ball using stiff fingers above the head)

Declension

Synonyms

• brejlovec

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• kobra in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• kobra in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Finnish

Etymology

From Portuguese cobra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈko(ː)brɑ/,
• Rhymes: -obrɑ
• Syllabification^(key): kob‧ra

Noun

kobra

1. cobra (venomous snake)

Declension

Synonyms

• silmälasikäärme

Derived terms

Further reading

• “kobra”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

• karbo-

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese cobra. Cognate with Kabuverdianu kobra.

Noun

kobra

1. snake
2. serpent

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: kob‧ra
• Rhymes: -rɒ

Noun

kobra (plural kobrák)

1. cobra

Declension

Further reading

• kobra in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

kobra

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

From Dutch cobra, from Portuguese cobra, from Latin colubra (“snake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: kob‧ra
• Rhymes: -ra, -a

Noun

kobra (first-person possessive kobraku, second-person possessive kobramu, third-person possessive kobranya)

1. (zoology) cobra:
   1. venomous snake from certain genera of the family Elapidae, especially of the genus Naja.

      Synonym: tedung

   2. especially Indian cobra (Naja naja).

Further reading

• “kobra” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Kabuverdianu

Etymology 1

From Portuguese cobra.

Noun

kobra

1. snake

Etymology 2

From Portuguese cobrar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Verb

kobra

1. to charge, to request payment

References

• “kobra” in 2002, Jürgen Lang, Dicionário do Crioulo da Ilha de Santiago (Cabo Verde), Gunter Narr Verlag Tübingen.

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese cobra, from Latin colubra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔbra/

Noun

kobra f animal

1. cobra

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

Kobraslanger

Wikipedia ^no

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

Naja (kobraer)

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese cobra, cobra de capelo (“snake with hood”), based on Latin colubra.

Noun

kobra m (definite singular kobraen, indefinite plural kobraer, definite plural kobraene)

1. a cobra (snake of family Elapidae)

References

• “kobra” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese cobra, cobra de capelo (“snake with hood”), based on Latin colubra.

Noun

kobra m (definite singular kobraen, indefinite plural kobraer or kobraar, definite plural kobraene or kobraane)

1. a cobra (snake of family Elapidae)

References

• “kobra” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

kobra

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese cobra, from Old Galician-Portuguese coobra, from Latin colubra (“snake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔb.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ɔbra
• Syllabification: kob‧ra

Noun

kobra f

1. cobra

Declension

Further reading

• kobra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kobra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kôbra/
• Hyphenation: kob‧ra

Noun

kȍbra f (Cyrillic spelling ко̏бра)

1. cobra

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Portuguese cobra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔbra/

Noun

kobra f (genitive singular kobry, nominative plural kobry, genitive plural kobier, declension pattern of žena)

1. cobra (snake)

Declension

Derived terms

• kobrí

Further reading

• “kobra”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Swedish

Noun

kobra c

1. cobra; a snake

Declension

Anagrams

• bokar

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkobɾa/,
• Hyphenation: ko‧bra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish cobrar.

Noun

kobra (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜊ᜔ᜇ)

1. collection of debts, payment, bets (esp. in jueteng), etc.

   Synonyms: koleksiyon, kolekta, singil

Alternative forms

• kubra

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English cobra or Spanish cobra, from Portuguese cobra (“snake”).

Noun

kobra (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜊ᜔ᜇ)

1. cobra

See also

• ulupong

Further reading

• “kobra”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese cobra.

Noun

kobra (definite accusative kobrayı, plural kobralar)

1. cobra (venomous snake)

Declension