sierpe

Leonese

Etymology

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Noun

sierpe m (plural sierpes)

1. snake

References

• AEDLL

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin serpēns, apparently via the nominative form, perhaps remodeled into a Vulgar Latin *serpēs, *serpem. Ultimately from Latin serpere (“slither, creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *serp-. Cf. Spanish pavo (“turkey”) and gorgojo (“weevil”) for other animal names that may derive from the Latin nominative. Doublet of serpiente, from the Latin accusative serpentem. Compare Portuguese serpe, Catalan serp, Italian serpe, Romanian șarpe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsjeɾpe/ [ˈsjeɾ.pe]
• Rhymes: -eɾpe
• Syllabification: sier‧pe

Noun

sierpe f (plural sierpes)

1. large serpent, snake

   Synonyms: culebra, serpiente, (colloquial) víbora

2. (figuratively) wriggler, anything that wriggles
3. (figuratively) ugly person, angry person, dangerous person
4. (botany) sprout, shoot, sucker

Further reading

• “sierpe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28