culebra

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish culuebra, from Latin colubra.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kuˈlebɾa/, [kuˈleβɾa]

Noun

culebra f (plural culebras)

snake, serpent (legless reptile of the sub-order Serpentes)
Synonyms: serpiente, víbora
(specifically) (colubrid) snake (snake in the family Colubridae, completely covered in scales and mostly nonvenomous)
(specifically) a small snake

Derived terms

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

Related terms

cobra

Hyponyms

Descendants

→ Papiamentu: kolebra

Further reading

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

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