cobre

/ˈkobɾe/, [ˈko.β̞ɾe]

copper


Noun cobre m (uncountable)

  1. copper (reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29)

Verb cobre

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of cobrar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of cobrar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of cobrar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted) present subjunctive form of cobrar.

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Examples
  • La privatización del cobre chileno sería algo muy poco agradable de oír.

    It was disappointing to hear about the privatization of Chilean copper.

  • El bronce está compuesto de cobre y estaño.

    Bronze is composed of copper and tin.

  • Él derrite cobre.

    He melts copper.

  • El cobre y la plata son dos metales.

    Copper and silver are both metals.

  • El bronce es una aleación de cobre y zinc.

    Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc.

  • Le pedí que me cobre por plazos.

    I asked him to charge me in installments.


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