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  • 1 serpentear

    v.
    1 to wind, to snake.
    2 to wriggle (culebra).
    3 to zigzag, to move in loops, to slither, to slither along like a snake.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to crawl, wriggle
    2 (camino) to wind, twist; (río) to wind, meander
    * * *
    verb
    to twist, wind
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo río to meander, wind; camino to wind, twist
    * * *
    = meander, wind, wind + Posesivo + way.
    Ex. They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.
    Ex. The writer muses on a little creek that winds by his apartment commenting on how the creek's environment has changed = El escritor reflexiona sobre un pequeño arroyo que serpentea junto a su apartamento comentando cómo ha cambiado su entorno.
    Ex. The plain is crisscrossed by a number of smaller rivers which wind their way lazily down toward the St. Lawrence = La llanura está entrecruzada por varios ríos más pequeños que serpentean perezosamente hasta desembocar en el San Lorenzo.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo río to meander, wind; camino to wind, twist
    * * *
    = meander, wind, wind + Posesivo + way.

    Ex: They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.

    Ex: The writer muses on a little creek that winds by his apartment commenting on how the creek's environment has changed = El escritor reflexiona sobre un pequeño arroyo que serpentea junto a su apartamento comentando cómo ha cambiado su entorno.
    Ex: The plain is crisscrossed by a number of smaller rivers which wind their way lazily down toward the St. Lawrence = La llanura está entrecruzada por varios ríos más pequeños que serpentean perezosamente hasta desembocar en el San Lorenzo.

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    serpentear [A1 ]
    vi
    «río» to meander, wind; «camino» to wind, twist
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    serpentear ( conjugate serpentear) verbo intransitivo [ río] to meander, wind;
    [ camino] to wind, twist
    serpentear vi (una carretera, un río) to wind, meander
    ' serpentear' also found in these entries:
    English:
    meander
    - twist
    - wind
    - wriggle
    - loop
    - weave
    * * *
    1. [río, camino] to wind, to snake
    2. [culebra] to wriggle
    * * *
    v/i de río, camino wind, snake, meander
    * * *
    : to twist, to wind
    ♦ serpenteante adj
    * * *
    serpentear vb to twist / to wind [pt. & pp. wound]

    Spanish-English dictionary > serpentear

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