serpente
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noun
- snake
Forms
noun
| singular | serpente |
|---|---|
| plural | serpenti |
Used in the library
- Un serpente vive nel cortile della fabbrica, dicono.A snake lives in the factory's yard, they say.B1Di nuovo, per favore (13) — Again, please (13) (B1)
- Un serpente nell'orto lo hanno visto tutti e fotografato nessuno.Everybody has seen a snake in the garden and nobody has photographed it.B1Di nuovo, per favore (7) — Again, please (7) (B1)
- Un serpente può strisciare fino alla tenda, e non succede mai.A snake can slither as far as the tent, and it never happens.B1Di nuovo, per favore (18) — Again, please (18) (B1)
- Il panettone è un'altra cosa. Il capitone porta fortuna: chi lo mangia, si mangia il serpente.Panettone is different. Eel brings luck: whoever eats it is eating the serpent.B1Il capitone — The Christmas Eel
Other ways to say it
- angueserpent, snake; any member of the Anguis taxonomic genus, particularly the slowworm (Anguis fragilis)
- aspidevernacular name of various venomous ophidians; synonym of cobra egiziano (“Egyptian cobra”): asp
- basiliscobasilisk, a mythical snake-like dragon; basilisk, a lizard of the genus Basiliscus
- bisciasnake (non-poisonous, such as the grass snake)
- colubrosnake; any member of the Coluber taxonomic genus
- dragodragon (mythical creature); expert, whizz
- dragonedragon (mythical creature); greater weever (Trachinus draco)
- idrahydra; pest, plague, nuisance