cobráis

Cobráis is a verb form in the Spanish language that marks the second-person plural present indicative of the verb cobrar, used with the informal pronoun vosotros. The meaning is “you all charge” or “you all collect.” In contemporary standard Spanish, the more common spelling for this form is cobráis; cobráis is sometimes encountered as an alternative or nonstandard variant in certain texts or learning materials. The usage of vosotros forms is regional, being common in Spain and in communities that preserve the vosotros form; in much of Latin America, ustedes replace vosotros, and the present indicative is cobran.

The verb cobrar itself denotes the act of charging, collecting, or demanding payment, and it is used in both concrete and figurative senses (for example, to cobrar un sueldo, to cobrar interés, or to cobrar importancia). The form cobráis follows the general regular conjugation pattern for -ar verbs in the present indicative, with the stress placed on the syllable before the ending.

Notes on form and usage: the presence of accents in cobráis or cobráis reflects standard Spanish orthography to indicate stress. Learners may encounter slightly different spellings in introductory materials, but cobráis is the form most commonly used in modern Spanish texts when addressing a group informally in Spain.

See also: cobrar, vosotros, Spanish verb conjugation, second-person plural.