culebra

From Spanish culebra.

culebra

1. snake

Inherited from Old Spanish culuebra, from Vulgar Latin *colŏbra, altered from Classical Latin colubra. Cognate with Portuguese cobra.

• IPA^(key): /kuˈlebɾa/ [kuˈle.β̞ɾa]

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• Rhymes: -ebɾa
• Syllabification: cu‧le‧bra
• Homophone: Culebra

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

• Chavacano: culebra
• Papiamentu: kolebra

• “culebra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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