púrpura

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin purpura, from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra).

Adjective

púrpura m sg (feminine singular púrpura, neuter singular púrpura, masculine plural púrpures, feminine plural púrpures)

1. purple

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin purpura, from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra). Doublet of the inherited porpra.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈpuɾ.pu.ɾə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈpur.pu.ɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpuɾ.pu.ɾa/

Adjective

púrpura (masculine and feminine plural púrpures)

1. purple

Noun

púrpura f (uncountable)

1. purple

Further reading

• “púrpura” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin purpura, from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra).

Noun

púrpura f (plural púrpuras)

1. purple (colour)

See also

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin purpura, from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra).

Noun

púrpura f (plural púrpuras)

1. a colour between purple and red
2. (medicine) purpura (marks on the skin due to subdermal bleeding)
3. Tyrian purple (a purple dye extracted from certain sea molluscs)
4. any mollusc that produces Tyrian purple

Adjective

púrpura (plural púrpura, comparable)

1. of a colour between purple and red

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin purpura, from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra). Cf. the inherited Old Spanish forms pórpola (“purple cloth”), pórpora^[1].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpurpuɾa/

Adjective

púrpura (plural púrpuras)

1. (heraldry) purpure
2. (anglicism) purple

Noun

púrpura f (plural púrpuras)

1. purple (colour)
2. (in a poetic sense) blood
3. Tyrian purple
4. (mollusk) purple dye murex (Murex brandaris)
5. (pathology) purpura, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

See also

• Púrpura trombocitopénica trombótica on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

References