sierpe
Leonese
Etymology
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Noun
sierpe m (plural sierpes)
References
Spanish
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin serpe(s), from Latin serpēns, from serpō (“crawl, creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *serp-. Compare Portuguese serpe, Catalan serp, Italian serpe, Romanian șarpe.
Pronunciation
Noun
sierpe f (plural sierpes)
- large serpent, snake
- (figuratively) wriggler, anything that wriggles
- (figuratively) ugly person, angry person, dangerous person
- (botany) sprout, shoot, sucker
Synonyms
Further reading
- “sierpe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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