víbora

Galician

Etymology

From Latin vīpera.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbiβʊɾɐ]

Noun

víbora f (plural víboras)

  1. viper

References

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin vīpera, a conflation of vīvus (“alive”) + pariō (“to give birth to”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvi.bo.ɾɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvi.bo.ɾa/
 

Noun

víbora f (plural víboras)

  1. viper

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish biuora, from Latin vīpera (“viper”), a conflation of vīvus (“alive”) + pariō (“to give birth to”). Doublet of guiverno.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbiboɾa/ [ˈbi.β̞o.ɾa]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -iboɾa
  • Syllabification: ví‧bo‧ra

Noun

víbora f (plural víboras)

  1. viper, adder
  2. malicious person, snake in the grass
  3. (colloquial, Mexico) snake
    Synonyms: serpiente, culebra

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