sierpe

Leonese

Etymology

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Noun

sierpe m (plural sierpes)

1. snake

References

• AEDLL

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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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsjeɾpe/ [ˈsjeɾ.pe]

Noun

sierpe f (plural sierpes)

1. large serpent, snake
2. (figuratively) wriggler, anything that wriggles
3. (figuratively) ugly person, angry person, dangerous person
4. (botany) sprout, shoot, sucker

Synonyms

• culebra
• serpiente
• víbora (colloquial)

Further reading

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