serpentear

v.

1 to wind, to snake.

2 to wriggle (culebra).

3 to zigzag, to move in loops, to slither, to slither along like a snake.

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serpentear

► verbo intransitivo

1 (gen) to crawl, wriggle

2 (camino) to wind, twist; (río) to wind, meander

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verb

to twist, wind

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verbo intransitivo río to meander, wind; camino to wind, twist

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= meander, wind, wind + Posesivo + way.

Ex. They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.

Ex. The writer muses on a little creek that winds by his apartment commenting on how the creek's environment has changed = El escritor reflexiona sobre un pequeño arroyo que serpentea junto a su apartamento comentando cómo ha cambiado su entorno.

Ex. The plain is crisscrossed by a number of smaller rivers which wind their way lazily down toward the St. Lawrence = La llanura está entrecruzada por varios ríos más pequeños que serpentean perezosamente hasta desembocar en el San Lorenzo.

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verbo intransitivo río to meander, wind; camino to wind, twist

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= meander, wind, wind + Posesivo + way.

Ex: They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.

Ex: The writer muses on a little creek that winds by his apartment commenting on how the creek's environment has changed = El escritor reflexiona sobre un pequeño arroyo que serpentea junto a su apartamento comentando cómo ha cambiado su entorno.

Ex: The plain is crisscrossed by a number of smaller rivers which wind their way lazily down toward the St. Lawrence = La llanura está entrecruzada por varios ríos más pequeños que serpentean perezosamente hasta desembocar en el San Lorenzo.

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serpentear [A1 ]

vi

«río» to meander, wind; «camino» to wind, twist

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serpentear (conjugate serpentear) verbo intransitivo [río] to meander, wind;
[camino] to wind, twist
serpentear vi (una carretera, un río) to wind, meander
'serpentear' also found in these entries:
English:
meander
- twist
- wind
- wriggle
- loop
- weave

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serpentear vi

1. [río, camino] to wind, to snake

2. [culebra] to wriggle

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serpentear

v/i de río, camino wind, snake, meander

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serpentear vi

: to twist, to wind

♦ serpenteante adj

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serpentear vb to twist / to wind [pt. & pp. wound]