púrpura

Asturian

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

Catalan

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

Synonyms

Further reading


Galician

Etymology

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

Noun

púrpura f (plural púrpuras)

  1. purple (colour)

See also

Colors in Galician · cores (layout · text)
     branco      gris      negro
             vermello ; carmín              laranxa ; castaño, marrón              amarelo ; crema
             verde lima              verde              menta ; verde escuro
             ciano ; azul verdoso              cerúleo              azul
             violeta ; anil              maxenta ; púrpura              rosa

Portuguese

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)
    1. any mollusc that produces Tyrian purple
    2. red fabric, dyed with Tyrian purple (a symbol of royal or ecclesiastic power)
      1. (metonymically) royal or ecclesiastic power

Adjective

púrpura (plural púrpura, comparable)

  1. of a colour between purple and red

Spanish

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

Synonyms

  • (colour): morado
  • (mollusk): cañadilla, cañaílla

See also

References

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