cubrir
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese cobrir (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin cooperīre, present active infinitive of cooperiō. Cognate with Spanish cubrir, Portuguese cobrir, English cover, among others.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
cubrir (first-person singular present cubro, third-person singular present cobre, first-person singular preterite cubrín, past participle coberto)
- to cover
- 1294, J. L. Novo Cazón, editor, El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500), A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 270:
- mandolle tomar essa meda do colmo que y se para cobrir esas casas da Meruca
- I order him to take that stack of thatch which is there to cover Meruca's houses
- 1409, G. Pérez Barcala, editor, A tradución galega do "Liber de medicina equorum" de Joradanus Ruffus, Santiago de Compostela: USC, page 172:
- filla o vinagre ben forte e a greda alva muda et pouco de sal ben mundo, e amasa todo moi ben ata que se faça ende ũa pasta mole, e desta pasta cubri todolos colloos moi ben
- take a strong vinegar and ground white clay and a little salt, finely ground, and mix very well everything till it becames a soft paste, and with this paste cover very well the [horse's] bollocks
- to shelter
- (zoology) to cover, to mount
- Synonym: montar
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of cubrir (u-o alternation in present singular)
Related terms edit
References edit
- “cobrir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “cobrir” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “cobrir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “cubrir” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cubrir” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Spanish cubrir, cobrir, from Latin cooperīre. Cognate with English cover.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
cubrir (first-person singular present cubro, first-person singular preterite cubrí, past participle cubierto)
- (transitive) to cover
- Synonym: tapar
- (zoology) to cover, to mount
- (reflexive) to cover oneself
- Synonym: revestir
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of cubrir (irregular) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | cubrir | ||||||
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gerund | cubriendo | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | cubierto | cubierta | |||||
plural | cubiertos | cubiertas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | cubro | cubrestú cubrísvos |
cubre | cubrimos | cubrís | cubren | |
imperfect | cubría | cubrías | cubría | cubríamos | cubríais | cubrían | |
preterite | cubrí | cubriste | cubrió | cubrimos | cubristeis | cubrieron | |
future | cubriré | cubrirás | cubrirá | cubriremos | cubriréis | cubrirán | |
conditional | cubriría | cubrirías | cubriría | cubriríamos | cubriríais | cubrirían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | cubra | cubrastú cubrásvos2 |
cubra | cubramos | cubráis | cubran | |
imperfect (ra) |
cubriera | cubrieras | cubriera | cubriéramos | cubrierais | cubrieran | |
imperfect (se) |
cubriese | cubrieses | cubriese | cubriésemos | cubrieseis | cubriesen | |
future1 | cubriere | cubrieres | cubriere | cubriéremos | cubriereis | cubrieren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | cubretú cubrívos |
cubra | cubramos | cubrid | cubran | ||
negative | no cubras | no cubra | no cubramos | no cubráis | no cubran |
Selected combined forms of cubrir (irregular)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Conjugation of cubrirse (irregular) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “cubrir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014