Feminine
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serpiente

Meaning

  1. (feminine) snake, serpent (legless reptile of the sub-order Serpentes)
  2. (feminine, specifically) a large or medium-sized snake
  3. (feminine, figuratively) snake

Synonyms

serpentes

víbora Mexico

boidae

colubridae

ophidia

viperidae

ophi

ophidian

serpiente grande

serpiente venenosa

víbora venenosa

sierpente

colubra

masacuata

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
ser‧pien‧te
Pronounced as (IPA)
/seɾˈpjente/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Latin serpentem, derived from serpere (“slither, creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *serp-. Doublet of sierpe. Cognate with English serpent.

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