víbora

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.bo.ɾa/

Noun

víbora f (plural víboras)

viper

Spanish

Alternative forms

biuora (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbiboɾa/, [ˈbiβoɾa]

Noun

víbora f (plural víboras)

viper, adder
malicious person, snake in the grass
(colloquial, Mexico) snake

Synonyms

(snake): serpiente, culebra

Derived terms

Further reading

“víbora” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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