azul

From Arabic لَازُوَرْد‎ (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد‎ (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”).

azul m sg (feminine singular azul)

1. blue

From Arabic لَازُوَرْد‎ (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد‎ (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”).

azul

1. blue

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese azur (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Old French azur, from Arabic لَازُوَرْد‎ (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد‎ (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”).

• IPA^(key): /aˈθul/, (western) /aˈsul/

azul m or f (plural azuis)

1. blue (colour)

The plural may also be azules.

• azul mariño
• azulado
• azular
• azulexo

azul m (plural azuis)

1. (countable and uncountable) blue (colour)
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 308:

     rreluzíã cõtra o ssol os escudos, que erã pintados de ouro et de azur

     the shields, painted in gold and blue, glittered against the sun

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

From Portuguese azul. Cognates with Kabuverdianu azul.

azul

1. blue

From Portuguese azul.

azul

1. blue

azul (plural azules)

1. blue

• AEDLL

From Old Portuguese azur (“blue”), from Arabic لَازُوَرْد‎ (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد‎ (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”). Doublet of azur, from French.

Compare with Galician azul (“blue”), Spanish azul (“blue”), French azur (“azure”), Italian azzurro (“blue”) and English azure.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ˈzuɫ/
• (Fluminense, brasiliense, florianopolitano, capixaba) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ˈzuw/
• (Brazilian standard, most dialects) IPA^(key): /a.ˈzuw/
• (Brazil-Uruguay frontier Riverense Portuñol and gaúcho da pampa) IPA^(key): /a.ˈzul/
• Hyphenation: a‧zul

azul m or f (plural azuis, comparable)

1. blue

azul m (plural azuis)

1. blue

• (blues) azul; azul céu, azul gelo, safira ^{(Categories: pt:Colors, pt:Blues)}

• açul (archaic)

From Old Spanish azur, from Arabic لَازُوَرْد‎ (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد‎ (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”). Doublet of azur, from French.

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /aˈθul/
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /aˈsul/

azul (plural azules)

1. blue

azul m (plural azules)

1. blue

• blao (obsolete)

• Tagalog: asul

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