verde

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem, from Latin viridis, viridem, cognate with English verdure, various Romance homonyms on this page, French vert, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbeɾ.ðe]

Adjective

verde c (plural verdes)

1. green

Noun

verde m (plural verdes)

1. The color green

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem, from Latin viridis, viridem, cognate with English verdure, various Romance homonyms on this page, French vert, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈβɛr.dɛ/

Adjective

verde

1. green

Etymology

Germanic: an obsolete construction from ver (“far”), plausibly an erroneous back-building, modelled on the superlative verder (instead of 'verrer')

Adjective

verde

1. Obsolete form of verre.

Anagrams

• dreve, veder, vrede

Adverb

verde

1. greenly
   green colour:  

Etymology

From Old Portuguese verde, from Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem, from Latin viridis, viridem, cognate with English verdure, various Romance homonyms on this page, French vert, etc.

Adjective

verde m, f (plural verdes)

1. green
2. unripe

Noun

verde m (plural verdes)

1. The color green

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Adjective

verde

1. green

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem, from syncopation of Latin viridis, viridem, from virere, cognate with English verdure, various Romance homonyms on this page, French vert, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈver.de/, [ˈver.d̪e]

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: vér‧de

Adjective

verde (masculine and feminine plural verdi)

1. green
2. pale
3. unripe

Noun

verde m (plural verdi)

1. The colour green
2. Verdure, greenery
3. (heraldry) vert

Related terms

See also

Anagrams

• veder

Adjective

verde

1. definite singular of verd
2. plural of verd

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem, from Latin viridis, viridem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈβeɾ.de/

Adjective

verde m, f (plural verdes)

1. green
   • 13th century, Cancioneiro da Ajuda, João Garcia de Guilhade, A 229: Amigos, non poss'eu negar (facsimile)

     [O]s ollos uerdes que eu ui / me façen ora andar aſſi.

     The green eyes which I have seen / have made me now be like this.

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Etymology

From Old Portuguese verde (“green”), from Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem, from Latin viridis, viridem (“green”).

Cognate with Galician verde, Spanish verde, Catalan verd, Occitan verd, French vert, Italian verde, Romanian verde and English vert, virid.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈveɾ.ðɨ/
• (Brasiliense, Capixaba, Fluminense) IPA^(key): /ˈveʁ.dʒi/
• (Caipira, Sertanejo) IPA^(key): /ˈveɻ.dʒi/
• (Northeastern Brazil, Baiano) IPA^(key): /ˈveh.di/
• (Northern Brazil, Mineiro) IPA^(key): /ˈveh.dʒi/
• (Paulistano) IPA^(key): /ˈveɹ.dʒɪ/
• (Portuñol Riverense) IPA^(key): /ˈveɾ.de/
• (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈveɻ.dʒɪ/, IPA^(key): /ˈveɾ.de/

Adjective

verde m, f (plural verdes)

1. green in color
2. (of fruit) unripe; green (not ripe, not ready to eat)

   Antonym: maduro

3. (figuratively) unripe; green (not fully developed)

   Synonym: imaturo

   Antonyms: maduro, maturado

4. (buzzword) green; environmentally friendly

   Synonym: ecológico

Noun

verde m (plural verdes)

1. The color green

Related terms

See also

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem, from Latin viridis, viridem, cognate with various Romance homonyms on this page, French vert, etc. Related to English verdure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈver.de/

Adjective

verde m, f, n (plural verzi)

1. green

Noun

verde n (uncountable)

1. green (colour)
2. (slang) green, marijuana

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem, from Latin viridis, viridem, cognate with English verdure, various Romance homonyms on this page, French vert, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈberde/, [ˈberðe]

Adjective

verde (plural verdes)

1. green in colour

   La puerta es verde.

   The door is green.

2. unripe
3. (figuratively) inexperienced; naïve
4. (figuratively) risqué, naughty

   ¿Están verdes los vestidos?

   Are the dresses risqué?

5. (figuratively) dirty, coarse

   Esos son chistes verdes

   Those are dirty jokes.

6. (figuratively) unwell; sick

   ¿Estás verde?

   Are you unwell?

7. green (eco-friendly)

Noun

verde m (plural verdes)

1. green (colour)

See also

Further reading

• “verde” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.