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Chavacano
Etymology
From Spanish culebra.
Noun
culebra
- snake
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish culuebra, from Vulgar Latin *colŏbra, altered from Classical Latin colubra. Cognate with Portuguese cobra.
Pronunciation
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
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