No. 2,548 in Catalan
cobla
A "cobla" is a traditional Catalan music ensemble used to accompany the sardana dance.
In a sentence
La cobla va tocar sardanes a la plaça.
The cobla played sardanes in the square.
The word 'cobla' refers to a traditional Catalan music ensemble usually performing sardanes, a type of Catalan folk dance.
Ell va escriure una cobla com a part del poema.
He wrote a couplet as part of the poem.
Here, 'cobla' means a couplet, often used in poetic contexts to refer to a pair of successive lines in a poem that rhyme and have the same meter.
Va anar a la botiga per comprar una cobla de pèls pel raspall.
He went to the store to buy a tuft of bristles for the brush.
In this case, 'cobla' refers to a tuft, typically of material such as hair or fibers used in a specific context.
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