cubrir
Appearance
Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese cobrir (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin cooperīre. 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]- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cobrir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cobrir”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cobrir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cubrir”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cubrir”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
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
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 66:
- El Huallepén o Guallipén […] es un animal anfibio muy bravo, fuerte, y huraño , de no más de ochenta centímetros de alto, con cabeza de ternero y cuerpo de oveja. Cubre sorpresivamente a las ovejas y a las vacas, y engendra en ellas hijos de la misma especie de las madres, pero que se señalan por tener torcidas las patas y a veces también el hocico.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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