culebra

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish culuebra, from Latin colubra. Cognate with Portuguese cobra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈlebɾa/ [kuˈle.β̞ɾa]

Noun

culebra f (plural culebras)

1. snake, serpent (legless reptile of the sub-order Serpentes)

   Synonyms: serpiente, víbora

2. (specifically) (colubrid) snake (snake in the family Colubridae, completely covered in scales and mostly nonvenomous)
3. (specifically) a small snake

Derived terms

• aculebrar
• culebra bastarda
• culebra de agua
• culebra de escalera
• culebra viperina
• culebrear
• culebrón

Related terms

• cobra

Hyponyms

• cascabel
• cobra
• crótalo
• mamba
• pitón
• sierpe
• taipán
• víbora

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: kolebra

Further reading

• “culebra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014