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cobrar

/koˈbɾaɾ/

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verb/koˈbɾaɾ/

to charge (money, etc.); to collect; to gather up (strength, bravery etc.); to pay for something (get one's dues); to claim (lives)

Me han cobrado dos veces.They've charged me twice.

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cuperāre (“take, seize”), a back-formation from Latin recuperāre (“recover, regain”), whence Spanish recobrar. Doublet of recuperar, a borrowing from Latin.