# cobrir
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin cooperīre. Compare Occitan cobrir, French couvrir, and Spanish cubrir.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [kuˈβɾi]
* IPA: (Balearic) [kuˈbɾi]
* IPA: (Valencia) [koˈbɾiɾ]
* Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

### 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, pronominal) to become overcast; to tarnish (of metal)

#### Derived terms

* cobertada
* cobertat
* coberteria
* cobrebanyera
* cobrecalze
* cobrellit
* cobrent
* cobreobjectes
* cobretaula
* cobriespatlles
* cobriment
* recobrir

#### Related terms

* cobert
* coberta
* cobertor
* cobertura
* cobricel

### 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, 2025
* “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

$^1$Less recommended.

### References

* “cobrir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Occitan
### Alternative forms

* crubir, cubrir (Limousin)
* curbir

### Etymology

From Old Occitan cobrir, from Latin cooperīre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kuˈβɾi/
* Rhymes: -i
* Audio (Béarn):(file)
* Hyphenation: co‧brir

### Verb

cobrir (transitive)
* to cover
    Antonym: descobrir

#### Conjugation

| | | simple | simple | simple | compound | compound | compound |
| infinitive | infinitive | cobrir | cobrir | cobrir | aver cobèrt | aver cobèrt | aver cobèrt |
| past participle | past participle | cobèrt | cobèrt | cobèrt | — | — | — |
| gerund | gerund | cobrissent | cobrissent | cobrissent | avent cobèrt | avent cobèrt | avent cobèrt |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles |
| indicative | present | cobrissi | cobrisses | cobrís | cobrissèm | cobrissètz | cobrisson |
| indicative | imperfect | cobrissiái | cobrissiás | cobrissiá | cobrissiam | cobrissiatz | cobrissián |
| indicative | preterite | cobriguèri | cobriguères | cobriguèt | cobriguèrem | cobriguèretz | cobriguèron |
| indicative | future | cobrirai | cobriràs | cobrirà | cobrirem | cobriretz | cobriràn |
| indicative | conditional | cobririái | cobririás | cobririá | cobririam | cobririatz | cobririán |
| indicative | conditional 2nd form$^1$ | cobriguèra | cobriguèras | cobriguèra | cobrigueram | cobrigueratz | cobriguèran |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver plus the past participle | use the present tense of aver plus the past participle | use the present tense of aver plus the past participle | use the present tense of aver plus the past participle | use the present tense of aver plus the past participle | use the present tense of aver plus the past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver plus the past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver plus the past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver plus the past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver plus the past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver plus the past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver plus the past participle |
| compound tenses | past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver plus the past participle | use the preterite tense of aver plus the past participle | use the preterite tense of aver plus the past participle | use the preterite tense of aver plus the past participle | use the preterite tense of aver plus the past participle | use the preterite tense of aver plus the past participle |
| compound tenses | future perfect | use the future tense of aver plus the past participle | use the future tense of aver plus the past participle | use the future tense of aver plus the past participle | use the future tense of aver plus the past participle | use the future tense of aver plus the past participle | use the future tense of aver plus the past participle |
| compound tenses | conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver plus the past participle | use the conditional tense of aver plus the past participle | use the conditional tense of aver plus the past participle | use the conditional tense of aver plus the past participle | use the conditional tense of aver plus the past participle | use the conditional tense of aver plus the past participle |
| subjunctive | | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles |
| subjunctive | present | cobrisca | cobriscas | cobrisca | cobriscam | cobriscatz | cobriscan |
| subjunctive | imperfect | cobriguèsse | cobriguèsses | cobriguèsse | cobriguèssem | cobriguèssetz | cobriguèsson |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver plus the past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver plus the past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver plus the past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver plus the past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver plus the past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver plus the past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver plus the past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver plus the past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver plus the past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver plus the past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver plus the past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver plus the past participle |
| imperative | imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — |
| imperative | imperative | | cobrís | | cobriscam | cobrissetz | $^1$Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects |

#### Related terms

* dobrir

## Old Occitan
### Alternative forms

* cubrir, curbi

### 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 folhaand the branches are covered with leaves

#### Related terms

* obrir / ubrir

#### Descendants

* Occitan: cobrir

### References

* Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “cooperīre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 1141

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cobrir, from Latin cooperīre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /koˈbɾi(ʁ)/ [koˈbɾi(h)], /kuˈbɾi(ʁ)/ [kuˈbɾi(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /koˈbɾi(ʁ)/ [koˈbɾi(h)], /kuˈbɾi(ʁ)/ [kuˈbɾi(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kuˈbɾi(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /koˈbɾi(ʁ)/ [koˈbɾi(χ)], /kuˈbɾi(ʁ)/ [kuˈbɾi(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /koˈbɾi(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kuˈbɾiɾ/ [kuˈβɾiɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /kuˈbɾiɾ/ [kuˈβɾiɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kuˈbɾi.ɾi/ [kuˈβɾi.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: co‧brir

### Verb

cobrir (first-person singular present cubro, third-person singular present cobre, first-person singular preterite cobri, past participle coberto)
* to cover (conceal or protect)
    Synonyms: ocultar, tapar
    Antonym: descobrir

#### Related terms

* coberto
* cobertor
* cobrimento
* descoberto
* descobrir