Snake in Spanish
Snake in Spanish is serpiente (sehr-PYEN-teh), or culebra or víbora. It's feminine: la serpiente, plural las serpientes.
- Spanish
- la serpiente
- Say it
- lah sehr-PYEN-teh
- Gender
- Feminine: la serpiente
- Plural
- las serpientes
- Also said
- la culebra, la víbora
One of 47 words in Animals in Spanish: learn them step by step and practise them all.
Wild animals in Spanish
The other words in step 3 of Animals in Spanish.
- el leónlion · el leh-OHN
- el tigretiger · el TEE-greh
- el osobear · el OH-soh
- el lobowolf · el LOH-boh
- el zorrofox · el SOH-rroh
- el elefanteelephant · el eh-leh-FAHN-teh
- la jirafagiraffe · lah hee-RAH-fah
- el monomonkey · el MOH-noh
- la cebrazebra · lah SEH-brah
- el ciervodeer · el SYEHR-boh
- el cocodrilocrocodile · el koh-koh-DREE-loh
Questions about serpiente
How do you say snake in Spanish?
Snake in Spanish is la serpiente. You can also say la culebra or la víbora.
How do you pronounce serpiente?
Say it sehr-PYEN-teh. The syllable in capitals is stressed: PYEN. This guide follows Latin American Spanish.
Is serpiente masculine or feminine in Spanish?
serpiente is feminine, so it takes la: la serpiente. The plural is las serpientes.
What does serpiente mean in English?
In English, la serpiente means snake.
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Updated · Pronunciation guides use Latin American Spanish.