"culebra" meaning in Spanish

See culebra in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kuˈlebɾa/, [kuˈle.β̞ɾa] Forms: culebras [plural]
Rhymes: -ebɾa Etymology: Etymology tree Classical Latin coluber Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Classical Latin -a Classical Latin colubra Vulgar Latin *colobra Old Spanish culuebra Spanish culebra Inherited from Old Spanish culuebra, from Vulgar Latin *colobra, from Classical Latin colubra. Cognate with Portuguese cobra. Etymology templates: {{etymon|es|:inh|osp:culuebra|text=:la-cla|tree=1}} Etymology tree Classical Latin coluber Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Classical Latin -a Classical Latin colubra Vulgar Latin *colobra Old Spanish culuebra Spanish culebra [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ā", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Classical Latin", "term" : "-a", "lang" : "la-cla", "pos" : "feminine suffix" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Classical Latin", "term" : "colubra", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-cla" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Vulgar Latin", "term" : "*colobra", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-vul" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old Spanish", "term" : "culuebra", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "osp" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "culebra", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" }" data-lang="es" data-title="culebra"> Inherited from Old Spanish culuebra, from Vulgar Latin *colobra, from Classical Latin colubra., {{cog|pt|cobra}} Portuguese cobra Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} culebra f (plural culebras)
  1. snake, serpent (legless reptile of the sub-order Serpentes) Tags: feminine Synonyms: serpiente, víbora, culebro
    Sense id: en-culebra-es-noun-5BlHI3Cy Categories (other): Pages with etymology trees, Snakes Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 15 32 19 31 3 Disambiguation of Snakes: 40 35 26
  2. (specifically) (colubrid) snake (snake in the family Colubridae, completely covered in scales and mostly nonvenomous) Tags: feminine, specifically
    Sense id: en-culebra-es-noun-2A7prlhI Categories (other): Pages with etymology trees, Spanish entries with etymology texts, Spanish entries with etymology trees, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Snakes Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 15 32 19 31 3 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymology texts: 34 58 7 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymology trees: 34 58 7 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 26 68 6 Disambiguation of Snakes: 40 35 26
  3. (specifically) a small snake Tags: feminine, specifically
    Sense id: en-culebra-es-noun-qxq5LTpp Categories (other): Snakes Disambiguation of Snakes: 40 35 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: cascabel, cobra, crótalo, mamba, pitón, sierpe, taipán, víbora Related terms: cobra

Inflected forms

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      "word": "aculebrar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "culebra bastarda"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "culebra de agua"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "culebra de cascabel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "culebra de collar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "culebra de cristal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "culebra de escalera"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "culebra viperina"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "culebrear"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "culebrón"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "hierba de la culebra"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
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      "lang_code": "cbk",
      "word": "culebra"
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    {
      "lang": "Papiamentu",
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      "word": "kolebra"
    }
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    "cu‧le‧bra"
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    {
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      "word": "cobra"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "crótalo"
    },
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      "word": "mamba"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "pitón"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "sierpe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "taipán"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "víbora"
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "cobra"
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        ]
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          "word": "serpiente"
        },
        {
          "word": "víbora"
        },
        {
          "word": "culebro"
        }
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        "(specifically) a small snake"
      ],
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        "specifically"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/kuˈlebɾa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kuˈle.β̞ɾa]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ebɾa"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Culebra"
    }
  ],
  "word": "culebra"
}
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    "Spanish terms inherited from Vulgar Latin",
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    },
    {
      "word": "culebra bastarda"
    },
    {
      "word": "culebra de agua"
    },
    {
      "word": "culebra de cascabel"
    },
    {
      "word": "culebra de collar"
    },
    {
      "word": "culebra de cristal"
    },
    {
      "word": "culebra de escalera"
    },
    {
      "word": "culebra viperina"
    },
    {
      "word": "culebrear"
    },
    {
      "word": "culebrón"
    },
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      "word": "hierba de la culebra"
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    {
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "hyphenation": [
    "cu‧le‧bra"
  ],
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    {
      "parts": [
        "cu‧le‧bra"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "word": "cascabel"
    },
    {
      "word": "cobra"
    },
    {
      "word": "crótalo"
    },
    {
      "word": "mamba"
    },
    {
      "word": "pitón"
    },
    {
      "word": "sierpe"
    },
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      "word": "taipán"
    },
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "cobra"
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  ],
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        {
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        }
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      ]
    },
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        "feminine",
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        "(specifically) a small snake"
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        "feminine",
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kuˈlebɾa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kuˈle.β̞ɾa]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ebɾa"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Culebra"
    }
  ],
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}

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