Feminine
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culebra
- (feminine) snake, serpent (legless reptile of the sub-order Serpentes)
- (feminine, specifically) (colubrid) snake (snake in the family Colubridae, completely covered in scales and mostly nonvenomous)
- (feminine, specifically) a small snake
Frequency
Hyphenated as
cu‧le‧bra
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kuˈlebɾa/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old Spanish culuebra, from Vulgar Latin *colŏbra, altered from Classical Latin colubra. Cognate with Portuguese cobra.
vibora
víbora Mexico
boidae
colubridae
ophidia
viperidae
serpiente grande
sierpente
colubra
estar enculebrado es estar endeudado
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