culebra

f.

1 snake.

culebra de agua grass snake

2 grass snake.

* * *

culebra

► nombre femenino

1 snake

* * *

SF

1) (Zool) snake

hacer culebra — to zigzag

culebra de anteojos — cobra

culebra de cascabel — rattlesnake, rattler (EEUU) *

2) (Mec) worm ( of a still )

3) * (=alboroto) disturbance, disorder

4) And (=cuenta) debt, bill

5) Méx (=manguera) hosepipe

* * *

femenino

1) (Zool) snake

matar la culebra — (Ven) to knock a problem on the head (colloq)

a la culebra se le mata por la cabeza — (Ven) you have to/you should take the bull by the horns

2) (Col fam) (deuda) debt

3) (Ven arg) (asunto turbio)

el tipo tiene una culebra entre sí — he's up to no good

4) (Ven pey) (Rad, TV) soap opera, soap (colloq)

* * *

= snake.

Ex. In the abridged Bliss classification we find Tortoises, Lizards, snakes, Crocodiles, Alligators as specific terms of Reptiles.

* * *

femenino

1) (Zool) snake

matar la culebra — (Ven) to knock a problem on the head (colloq)

a la culebra se le mata por la cabeza — (Ven) you have to/you should take the bull by the horns

2) (Col fam) (deuda) debt

3) (Ven arg) (asunto turbio)

el tipo tiene una culebra entre sí — he's up to no good

4) (Ven pey) (Rad, TV) soap opera, soap (colloq)

* * *

= snake.

Ex: In the abridged Bliss classification we find Tortoises, Lizards, snakes, Crocodiles, Alligators as specific terms of Reptiles.

* * *

culebra

feminine

A (Zool) snake

matar la culebra (Ven): termina esa tesis y mata esa culebra finish that thesis and get that problem out of the way o (colloq) knock that problem on the head

a la culebra se le mata por la cabeza (Ven); you have to/you should take the bull by the horns

B (Col fam) (deuda) debt

C

1

(Ven arg) (asunto turbio): tienen una culebra entre sí they're up to something funny, there's something shady going on

2 (Ven arg) (propósito) game (colloq)

D (Ven pey) (Rad, TV) soap opera, soap (colloq)

* * *

culebra sustantivo femenino (Zool) snake
culebra sustantivo femenino Zool snake
'culebra' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
veneno
- arrastrar
- pega
English:
snake

* * *

culebra nf

1. [reptil] snake

2. Ven Fam [telenovela] TV soap (opera)

* * *

culebra

f ZO snake

* * *

culebra nf

serpiente: snake

* * *

culebra n snake