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Spanish
Etymology
From culebra (“snake”) + -ón (augmentative suffix). The sense of 'soap opera' arose from the shows being extremely long-running[1] and the large number of turns in the plot.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuleˈbɾon/
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: cu‧le‧brón
Noun
culebrón m (plural culebrones)
- soap opera
- large snake
- crafty person
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