vermello

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician and Old Portuguese vermello, from Vulgar Latin *vermiclus (“purple, red”), attested as a color in the writtings of Isidore of Seville, from Latin vermiculus (“little worm”). Compare coccinus (“purple”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɾˈmeʎo̝/

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Noun

vermello m, f (plural vermellos)

1. red (colour)

Adjective

vermello m (feminine singular vermella, masculine plural vermellos, feminine plural vermellas)

1. red (colour)

   Synonyms: encarnado, roxo, rubio

See also

References

• “vermello” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “vermel” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “vermello” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “vermello” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “vermello” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *vermiclus, from Latin vermiculus (“little worm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βeɾ.ˈme.ʎo/

Adjective

vermello m (plural vermellos, feminine vermella, feminine plural vermellas)

1. red
   • 1198, Cancioneiro da Ajuda, Paio Soares de Taveirós, A 38: No mundo non me sei parella (facsimile)

     […] mia ſennor branca e / uermella.

     […] my lady of white skin and / reddish face.

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