serpentear
Portuguese, verb/seʁ.pẽ.teˈa(ʁ)/
serpentear is spelled S-E-R-P-E-N-T-E-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese, the 133,944th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Serpentear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to snake (move in a winding path)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does serpentear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to snake (move in a winding path)
- 2
to meander (have a winding course)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of serpentear
- serpenteio first-person present singular
- serpenteei first-person preterite singular
- serpenteado participle past
- serpenteares infinitive second-person singular
- serpentearmos first-person infinitive plural
- serpenteardes infinitive plural second-person
- serpentearem infinitive plural third-person
- serpenteando gerund
- serpenteados masculine participle past
- serpenteada feminine participle past
- serpenteadas feminine participle past
- serpenteias indicative present second-person
- serpenteia indicative present singular
- serpenteamos first-person indicative plural
- serpenteais indicative plural present
- serpenteiam indicative plural present
- serpenteava first-person imperfect indicative
- serpenteavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce serpentear?
- Brazil /seʁ.pẽ.teˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [seh.pẽ.teˈa(h)]
- /seɾ.pẽ.teˈa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to serpentear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is serpentear in Portuguese?
serpentear appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).