verza

Galician

verzas

Etymology

13th century. From Galician-Portuguese verça, from Vulgar Latin *virdia, from syncopation of Latin viridia, neuter plural of viridis (“green”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbeɾθa̝/

Noun

verza f (plural verzas)

  1. (plural) collard greens
    • 1257, Andrés Martínez Salazar (ed.), Documentos gallegos de los siglos XIII al XVI. A Coruña: Casa de la Misericordia, page 25:
      de uerzas durto et de nabos et de lino meadade
      a half of garden greens, of turnips, and of flax
    • 1805, anonymous, Representación dos veciños da Pontedeva (in Ramón Mariño Paz, 2008, Papés d'emprenta condenada. A escrita galega entre 1797 e 1846, page 21-23):
      non pode querer ó noso Rey que lle paguemos un carto polo neto do viño, que non podemos vender á ochavo. Os probes non comemos mais ca un pouco de pan, ou bróa ruin, e unhas berzas sin adubo. Si nos quita a pinga do viño, ¿que forza emos ter para traballar as terras?
      our King can't pretend that we pay a quarter by each pint of wine [we consume], when we can't even sell it for half a quarter. We the poor people eat but a little of bread, or bad black bread, and some greens without seasoning. If He takes this little wine, what strength we'll have left for working the lands?
  2. sea lettuce
    Synonym: leituga de mar

References

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

    Italian

    Etymology

    From Vulgar Latin *virdia (a root), from syncopation of Latin viridia, neuter plural of viridis (“green”). Compare Aromanian verdzu, Dalmatian viarz, Friulian verge, Portuguese verça, Romanian varză, Spanish berza.

    Noun

    verza f (plural verze)

    1. Savoy cabbage

    Synonyms

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