serpentear

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From serpente + -ar. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ser‧pen‧te‧ar === Verb === serpentear (first-person singular present serpenteio, first-person singular preterite serpenteei, past participle serpenteado) (intransitive) to snake (move in a winding path) (intransitive) to meander (have a winding course) ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “serpentear”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “serpentear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /seɾpenteˈaɾ/ [seɾ.pẽn̪.t̪eˈaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: ser‧pen‧te‧ar === Verb === serpentear (first-person singular present serpenteo, first-person singular preterite serpenteé, past participle serpenteado) (intransitive) to wind; to meander; to go like a serpent Synonym: culebrear (intransitive) to wriggle Synonym: culebrear ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “serpentear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025