serpiente

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin serpentem, derived from serpere (“slither, creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *serp-. Doublet of sierpe. Cognate with English serpent.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /seɾˈpjente/ [seɾˈpjẽn̪.t̪e]
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ente
Syllabification: ser‧pien‧te

Noun

serpiente f (plural serpientes)

snake, serpent (legless reptile of the sub-order Serpentes)
Synonyms: culebra, (archaic) sierpe
(specifically) a large or medium-sized snake
(figuratively) snake
Synonym: traidor

Derived terms

See also

anguila f
víbora f

Further reading

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

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