kobrahin
kobrahín with stress marks
to collect [it]
From root: kobrá
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
kinobra
ki-no-BRA
collected
Present (Incomplete)
kinokobra
ki-no-ko-BRA
is being collected
Future (Contemplated)
kokobrahin
ko-ko-bra-HIN
will be collected
Usage Note
Kobrahin is the object-focus -in form of kobra, a Spanish loanword (cobrar), focusing on the amount or debt being collected. Standard in billing, debt-collection, and service contexts; the root kobra is also the base for the actor-focus magkobra and the locative kobrahan, used when the person being billed is the focus.
Examples
" Kobrahin mo na ang bayad nila. "
Natural Translation
Go ahead and collect their payment.
Literal Translation
Collect you now the payment their.
" Kailangan mo na kobrahin ang utang niya ngayon. "
Natural Translation
You need to collect their debt payment today.
Literal Translation
Need you to collect payment the debt their today.
" Mahirap kobrahin ang utang ng kamag-anak dahil nahihiya kang maningil sa pamilya. "
Natural Translation
It is hard to collect a debt from a relative because you feel embarrassed about billing family.
Literal Translation
Hard to-collect the debt of relative because feeling-shy you to bill to family.
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