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cobra.

snake; serpent (any reptile of the suborder Serpentes)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɔ.bɾɐ/Brazil/ˈkɔ.bɾɐ/Portugal[ˈkɔ.βɾɐ]Portugal/ˈkɔ.bɾɐ/Portugal, Southern
  1. snake; serpent (any reptile of the suborder Serpentes)

    feminine
  2. cobra (any snake of the family Elapidae)

    feminine
  3. viper (malignant person)

    derogatory · feminine · figuratively
  4. lassitude

    Portugal · feminine · figuratively
  5. rope used to tie horses

    Portugal · colloquial · feminine
  6. drunkenness

    Portugal · colloquial · feminine
  7. deceitful woman

    Brazil · derogatory · feminine · figuratively
  8. penis, dick, cock, prick

    feminine · figuratively · slang · vulgar
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese coobra, from Vulgar Latin *colŏbra, altered from Classical Latin colubra, feminine counterpart to coluber (“snake”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Galician cobra and Spanish culebra.

noun/ˈkɔ.bɾɐ/Brazil/ˈkɔ.bɾɐ/Portugal[ˈkɔ.βɾɐ]Portugal/ˈkɔ.bɾɐ/Portugal, Southern
  1. pro, expert

    Brazil · by-personal-gender · colloquial · dated · feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese coobra, from Vulgar Latin *colŏbra, altered from Classical Latin colubra, feminine counterpart to coluber (“snake”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Galician cobra and Spanish culebra.

adj/ˈkɔ.bɾɐ/Brazil/ˈkɔ.bɾɐ/Portugal[ˈkɔ.βɾɐ]Portugal/ˈkɔ.bɾɐ/Portugal, Southern
  1. pro, expert

    Brazil · colloquial · dated · feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese coobra, from Vulgar Latin *colŏbra, altered from Classical Latin colubra, feminine counterpart to coluber (“snake”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Galician cobra and Spanish culebra.

noun/ˈkɔ.bɾɐ/Brazil/ˈkɔ.bɾɐ/Portugal[ˈkɔ.βɾɐ]Portugal/ˈkɔ.bɾɐ/Portugal, Southern
  1. alternative form of copla

    alt-of · alternative · feminine
verb/ˈkɔ.bɾɐ/Brazil/ˈkɔ.bɾɐ/Portugal[ˈkɔ.βɾɐ]Portugal/ˈkɔ.bɾɐ/Portugal, Southern
  1. inflection of cobrar: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of cobrar: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
Where this word comes from

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