Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From culebra (snake) +‎ -ón. The sense of 'soap opera' arose from the shows being extremely long-running[1] and the large number of turns in the plot.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kuleˈbɾon/ [ku.leˈβ̞ɾõn]
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: cu‧le‧brón

Noun edit

culebrón m (plural culebrones)

  1. soap opera
  2. large snake
  3. crafty person

References edit

  1. ^ culebrón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Further reading edit