culuebro

From Vulgar Latin colober, altered from Classical Latin coluber.

• IPA^(key): /kuˈlwebɾo/

culuebro m (plural culuebros)

1. snake, serpent
   • c1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 12v. b.

     Dixo ael el ſẽnor q̃ es. Eſſo de tu mano Reſpuſo uerga. E dixo echala en tierra echola & fizos culuebro.

     The Lord said to him: "What is that in your hand?", and he responded: "a rod", then he said: "cast it down", and so he cast it and it became a serpent.

   • Idem, f. 23v. b.

     enbio el nr̃o ſeñor en el pueblo culuebros e eſcorpiones / a qui mordian los iudios los culuebros

     and our Lord sent among the people snakes and scorpions / here the snakes bit the Jews

• (snake, serpent): biuora f, culuebra f, serpiente f

• culuebra

• Spanish: culebro