verde
Asturian
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]
Corsican
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/
Dutch
Esperanto
Galician


Etymology
From Old Galician and 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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbeɾðe̝/
See also
Colors in Galician · cores (layout · text) | ||||
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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 |
References
- “verde” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “verde” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “verde” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “verde” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “verde” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Interlingua
Italian
Etymology
From Latin virdis, virdem, from (optional in Classical Latin, widespread in Vulgar Latin) syncopation of viridis, viridem, from vireō, cognate with English verdure, various Romance homonyms on this page, French vert, etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈver.de/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: vér‧de
Related terms
See also
Colors in Italian · colori (layout · text) | ||||
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bianco | grigio | nero | ||
rosso; cremisi | arancione; marrone | giallo; crema | ||
verde chiaro; limetta | verde | verde acqua, acquamarina; verde menta; verde menta scuro | ||
ciano, azzurro, celeste; blu petrolio, foglia di tè | azzurro; celeste; celeste scuro | blu | ||
violetto; indaco | magenta; viola | rosa; fucsia; porpora |
Old Portuguese
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem, from Latin viridis, viridem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈβeɾ.de/
Adjective
verde m or f (plural verdes)
- 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.
- [O]s ollos uerdes que eu ui / me façen ora andar aſſi.
- 13th century, Cancioneiro da Ajuda, João Garcia de Guilhade, A 229: Amigos, non poss'eu negar (facsimile)
Descendants
Portuguese

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/
- (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 or f (plural verdes, comparable)
Derived terms
Related terms
- antiverde
- enverdecer
- esverdeado
- verdejar
- vergel
Romanian
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/
Declension
Declension
singular | ||
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m gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) verde | verdele |
genitive/dative | (unui) verde | verdelui |
vocative | verde |
Derived terms
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem, from Latin viridis, viridem, cognate with English verdure and verdant, Catalan verd, French vert, as well as various homonyms on this page.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈberde/, [ˈberðe]
Adjective
verde (plural verdes)
- green in colour
- La puerta es verde.
- The door is green.
- unripe
- (figuratively) inexperienced; naïve
- (figuratively) risqué, naughty
- ¿Están verdes los vestidos?
- Are the dresses risqué?
- (figuratively) dirty, coarse
- Esos son chistes verdes
- Those are dirty jokes.
- (figuratively) unwell; sick
- ¿Estás verde?
- Are you unwell?
- green (eco-friendly)
Usage notes
When used with the verb ser, verde means literally green in colour, while the verb estar is used with figurative meanings of verde such as naïve, risqué, unwell or dirty.
Related terms
Descendants
See also
Colors in Spanish · colores (layout · text) | ||||
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blanco | gris | negro | ||
rojo; carmín, carmesí | naranja, anaranjado; marrón | amarillo; crema | ||
lima | verde | |||
cian; azul-petróleo | azur | azul | ||
violeta; añil, índigo | magenta; morado, púrpura | rosa |
Further reading
- “verde” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.