English

an Egyptian cobra

Noun

cobra ‎(plural cobras)

1. Any of various venomous snakes of the family Elapidae.

Derived terms

• spitting cobra

Translations

Anagrams

• carbo, carob, CORBA

Catalan

Verb

cobra

1. third-person singular present indicative form of cobrar
2. second-person singular imperative form of cobrar

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

cobra f ‎(plural cobra's, diminutive cobraatje n)

1. cobra

Synonyms

• brilslang

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese coobra, from Latin colubra ‎(“snake”).

Noun

cobra f ‎(plural cobras)

1. snake
2. cobra

Synonyms

• (snake): serpe

Irish

Etymology

Borrowing from English cobra, from Portuguese cobra, from Latin colubra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔbˠɾˠə/

Noun

cobra m ‎(genitive singular cobra, nominative plural cobraí)

1. cobra

Declension

Mutation

References

• "cobra" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from Portuguese cobra.

Noun

cobra m ‎(invariable)

1. cobra

Anagrams

• cabro, cabrò
• corba

Portuguese

cobra (Naja philippinensis)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.bɾa/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.βɾɐ/
• Hyphenation: co‧bra

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese coobra, from Latin colubra ‎(“snake”).

Noun

cobra f (plural cobras)

1. snake

Usage notes

• The gender of this Portuguese word is always feminine. When the gender of the being itself must be specified, use “cobra macho” for male, and “cobra fêmea” for female.

Synonyms

• serpente, ofídio

Related terms

• ofídico
• cobreiro, cobrejar, cobrelo

Descendants

Etymology 2

Verb

cobra

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of cobrar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of cobrar

Spanish

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Portuguese cobra, from Latin colubra ‎(“snake”). Doublet of culebra.

Noun

cobra f ‎(plural cobras)

1. cobra

Related terms

• culebra

See also

• serpiente
• reptil
• veneno
• mordida

Etymology 2

See cobrar.

Verb

cobra

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of cobrar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of cobrar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of cobrar.

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowing from English cobra, from Portuguese cobra, from Latin colubra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔbra/

Noun

cobra m, f (plural cobraod)

1. cobra

Mutation

References

• “cobra” in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru.