"Vas a cobrar"
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I hear this phrase all the time from parents yelling at their unruly children.
Example:
- Child is hitting their sibling, and parent keeps yelling at him to stop. He keeps hitting the other child.
- Parent says: "Pablo, vas a cobrar, eh?"
What does "Vas a cobrar" mean? I looked it up in the dictionary here and it doesn´t have a colloquial definition of cobrar that would work in this context, unless it just means "You´re gonna get it!"
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updated Mar 26, 2012
posted by missy8888
What I hear most is "¡Te doy!" (I'm going to give it to you...a spanking) - --Mariana--, Mar 22, 2012
I hear that one all the time! I figured it meant something like hitting! - missy8888, Mar 26, 2012
4 Answers
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"Vas a cobrar" in this context means you are going to get spanked.
Very common phrase to say to a kid when he is not behaving.
updated Mar 26, 2012
posted by 00d312f5
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You're gonna get it / you'll pay for this / you will get paid for this ( figurative ).
updated Mar 26, 2012
posted by je_suis_ici
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I agree with the others, especially Guimmys.
In the SD dictionary:
- ¡vas a cobrar! -> you'll catch it!
- el niño cobró por portarse mal -> the child got a beating for being naughty
updated Mar 26, 2012
posted by --Mariana--
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"You're gonna get it!" sounds right to me!!
updated Mar 22, 2012
posted by kdrinning
