verde

See also: Verde, vérde, and vèrde

Languages (16)

Aragonese • Asturian • Corsican • Dutch • Esperanto • Galician • Interlingua • Italian • Leonese • Middle English • Norwegian Nynorsk • Old Galician-Portuguese • Old Spanish • Portuguese • Romanian • Spanish

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Aragonese

fardacho verde (Lacerta viridis), or European green lizard

verdor, verdura, verduramen

verdulería, Barcelona, Spain

Alternative forms

• berde (superseded spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin virdis, syncopated from Latin viridis. Cognate with English verdant, verdure, as well as various Romance homonyms, such as Spanish verde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾde/
• Rhymes: -eɾde
• Syllabification: ver‧de

Noun

verde m (plural verdes)

1. green (color/colour)
2. green fodder, fresh feed

Adjective

verde (feminine verda, masculine plural verdes, feminine plural verdas)

1. green (color/colour)
2. green, unripe, immature

Derived terms

• fardacho verde m (“European green lizard”)
• mosqueta verda f (“green fly, greenbottle”)
• rana verda f (“[European] common frog”)
• tartuga verda f (“green sea turtle”)
• verdal, verdenco, verdisco (“greenish”)
• verderol m (“greenfinch [or similar bird species]”)
• verdinegro (adjective)
• verdor f (“green, greenness, verdure”)
• verdulero (“greengrocer [person]”)
• verdulería f (“greengrocer, produce store”)

Related terms

• verdet, verdete m (“verdigris”)
• verdiar (“to become green”)
• verdura f (“vegetable; produce; greens; chard”)
• verduramen f (“greenness, lushness; vegetables, produce”)
• verdín

See also

Colors in Aragonese · colores (layout · text)

blanco	griso	negro
royo; carmesín	narancha; marrón	amariello; [Term?]
[Term?]	verde	[Term?]; [Term?]
[Term?]; turquesa	celeste	azul
lila; morau	[Term?]; purpurenco	rosa

References

• Diccionario aragonés-castellano-catalán: Estudio de Filología Aragonesa (v 14, Oct 2024; in Aragonese), pages 1146–1147
• Search "verde", DicAra – Diccionario multilingüe aragonés, Estudio de Filología Aragonesa
• “verde”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “verde”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin virdis, syncopated from Latin viridis. Cognate with English verdure, French vert, and various Romance homonyms.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾde/ [ˈbeɾ.ð̞e]
• Rhymes: -eɾde
• Syllabification: ver‧de

Adjective

verde (epicene, plural verdes)

1. green (color/colour)

Derived terms

• averdecer
• verdecer
• verdiar
• verdor
• verdosu
• verdura

Noun

verde m (plural verdes)

1. green (color/colour)

Further reading

• “verde (adjective)”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
• “verde (noun)”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
• García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “verde (adjective)”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “verde (noun)”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Corsican

U culore verde.

Etymology

From Late Latin virdis, syncopated from Latin viridis. Cognates include Italian verde and French vert.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛrdɛ/, /ˈbɛrdɛ/
• Hyphenation: ver‧de

Adjective

verde (plural verzi)

1. green (color/colour)

Noun

verde m (plural verdi)

1. green (color/colour)
2. (mineralogy) smaragdite

See also

Colors in Corsican · culori (layout · text)

albu	grisgiu	neru
rubru	aranciu; brunu	giallu
	verde
cianu	azuru	turchinu
viulettu	purpura	rossu

References

• “verde, verdi” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Dutch

Etymology

A back-formation by analogy with the comparative verder.

Adjective

verde

1. obsolete form of verre

Anagrams

• dreve, veder, vrede

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈverde/
• Rhymes: -erde
• Syllabification: ver‧de

Adverb

verde

1. greenly
   green:  

Related terms

• verda (“green”, adjective)
• verdi (“to be green”, verb)
• verdo (“the color green”, noun)

See also

Colors in Esperanto · koloroj (layout · text)

blanka	griza	nigra
ruĝa; karmezina	oranĝokolora; oranĝkolora; oranĝo; bruna	flava; kremkolora
limekolora	verda
cejanblua; turkisa	lazura	blua
violkolora; viola; indiga	magenta; purpura	rozokolora

Galician

Devesa do Oribio, Lugo, Galicia

Verdes ("unripe")

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese verde, from Late Latin virdis, syncopated from Latin viridis. Cognate with English verdure and vert, as well as various Romance homonyms.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾde/ [ˈbeɾ.ð̞ɪ]
• Rhymes: -eɾde
• Hyphenation: ver‧de

Adjective

verde m or f (plural verdes)

1. green (color/colour)

   A raís do toxo verde é moi dura de arrigar.

   The root of the green gorse is hard to irrigate.

2. unripe

Noun

verde m (plural verdes)

1. green (color/colour)
2. (archaic) green or blue
   • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Archivum, page 134:

     O elamẽto da agoa figurauãna por rrazõ do mar, em semellança de varom et outrosi de hũa grande ymage, et coroada et nõ aposta mays fea et cõmo em semellança de quẽ espanta; et as suas vestiduras de duas colores, que agoa tantas ha proprias, de jalde et de verde

     And the element of the water figured by reason of the sea, looking like a man, as a large image, crowned, and not handsome but ugly and with a terrifying look; and his clothes were of two colors, which the water has as its own, yellow and blue [lit. green]

Derived terms

• verdello
• verdura

See also

Colors in Galician · cores (layout · text)

branco	gris	negro, preto
vermello; carmín	laranxa; castaño, marrón	amarelo; crema
verde lima	verde	menta; verde escuro
ciano; azul verdoso	cerúleo	azul
violeta; anil	maxenta; púrpura	rosa

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “verde”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “verde”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “verde”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “verde”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “verde”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Interlingua

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian, Spanish, or Portuguese verde.

Adjective

verde

1. green (color/colour)

See also

Colors in Interlingua · colores (layout · text)

blanc, albe	gris	nigre
rubie	orange; brun	jalne; crema
verde lima	verde	verde mentha, acquamarine
cyano	azure	blau
violette; indigo	magenta; purpure	rosate

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis, from vireō. Cognate with English verdure, French vert, and various Romance homonyms.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈver.de/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: Verde
• Rhymes: -erde
• Hyphenation: vér‧de

Adjective

verde m or f by sense (plural verdi)

1. green (color/colour)
2. pale
3. unripe

Noun

verde m (plural verdi, diminutive verdìno or verdolìno or verdétto, augmentative verdóne, diminutive-derogatory verdìgno or verdógnolo)

1. green (color/colour)
2. verdure, greenery
3. (heraldry) vert

Derived terms

• verdacchio
• verdaccio
• verdastro
• verdazzurro
• verde oliva
• verde olivastro
• verdea
• verdebruno
• verdeca
• verdegiallo
• verdegrigio
• verdello
• verdemare
• verdemente
• verdemezzo
• verdenero
• verdeodoroso
• verdepisello
• verdeporro
• verderame
• verderello
• verdesca
• verdesco
• verdescuro
• verdesecco
• verdesmeraldo
• verdeterra
• verdetto
• verdicchio
• verdiccio
• verdino
• verdipiede
• verdite
• verdo-
• verdoccio
• verdognolo
• verdolino
• verdone
• verdore
• verzicare

Related terms

• inverdire
• verdante
• verdeggiare
• verdero
• verdezza
• verdicare
• verdire
• verduco
• verdugale
• verdume
• verdura
• verduzzo
• verza
• virente
• virescere
• viridario
• viride
• virideo
• viridina
• viridità

See also

Colors in Italian · colori (layout · text)

bianco	argento; grigio	nero
rosso; cremisi	arancione; marrone; bronzo	giallo; oro; 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; blu scuro
violetto; indaco	magenta; viola	rosa; fucsia; porpora

	metalli		colori				colori secondari
smalto	oro	argento	rosso	azzurro	nero	verde	porpora	tanné	aranciato	sanguigno
	pellicce									uncommon tinctures:
	armellino, ermellino				contrarmellino	vaio	controvaio	vaio potenziato	controvaio potenziato	campo di cielo, bruno, di carnagione, cenerino (ferro, piombo, acciaio), rame/bronzo, morato

Anagrams

• veder

Leonese

Etymology

From Late Latin virdis, syncopated from Latin viridis.

Adjective

verde

1. green (color/colour)

References

• “verde”, in Diccionario Castellano-Leonés / Leonés-Castellano [Spanish-Leonese / Leonese-Spanish Dictionary] (in Spanish), La Asociación L'Alderique, 2012–2026

Middle English

Noun

verde

1. (MS. Cotton Caligula A.ix, Gloucestershire) alternative form of ferde

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Adjective

verde

1. definite singular of verd
2. plural of verd

Etymology 2

Noun

verde n (definite singular verdet, indefinite plural verde, definite plural verda)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of verd n
2. (pre-2012) alternative form of verdi m

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin virdis, syncopated from Latin viridis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈβeɾ.de/

Adjective

verde m or f (plural verdes)

1. green (color/colour)
   • 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.

Descendants

• Fala: verdi
• Galician: verde
• Portuguese: verde (see there for further descendants)

See also

Colors in Old Galician-Portuguese · coores, colores (layout · text)

branco, blanco, alvo	gris	negro, preto
vermelho	castanho	amarelo
	verde
		azur
	cardẽo	rosa

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈβeɾde/

Adjective

verde

1. green (color/colour)
   • 13th century, Gonzalo de Berceo, “Introducción”, in Milagros de Nuestra Señora:

     Yo maestro Gonçalvo de Verçeo nomnado
     Iendo en romeria caeçi en un prado
     Verde e bien sençido, de flores bien poblado,
     Logar cobdiçiaduero pora omne cansado.

     I mister Gonçalvo de Verçeo am called,
     wending upon a pilgrimage, came to a meadow's side,
     all green and not much pastured upon, with many flowers,
     an enticing spot for the weary men to abide.

Descendants

• Ladino: vedre
• Spanish: verde (see there for further descendants)

Portuguese

verde

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese verde (“green”), from Late Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis (“green”). Doublet of víride, which was borrowed from Latin.

Cognate with Galician, Spanish, Italian, and Romanian verde, Catalan and Occitan verd, French vert and English vert, virid.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈveʁ.d͡ʒi/ [ˈveɦ.d͡ʒi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈveʁ.d͡ʒi/ [ˈveɦ.d͡ʒi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈveɾ.d͡ʒi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈveʁ.d͡ʒi/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈveɻ.d͡ʒi/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈveɾ.dɨ/ [ˈveɾ.ðɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈveɾ.dɨ/ [ˈveɾ.ðɨ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾ.dɨ/ [ˈbeɾ.ðɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈveɾ.dɨ/

• (Caipira, Sertanejo) IPA^(key): /ˈveɻ.dʒi/
• (Northeast Brazil, Bahia) IPA^(key): /ˈveh.di/
• (Minas Gerais) IPA^(key): /ˈveh.dʒi/
• (Portuñol Riverense) IPA^(key): /ˈveɾ.de/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: (Brazil) -eʁd͡ʒi, (Portugal) -eɾdɨ
• Hyphenation: ver‧de

Adjective

verde m or f (plural verdes, diminutive verdinho)

1. green (color/colour)
2. (of fruit) unripe; green (not ripe, not ready to eat)

   Antonym: maduro

3. (figuratively) unripe; green (not fully developed)

   Synonym: imaturo

   Antonyms: maduro, maturado

4. green; environmentally friendly

   Synonym: ecológico

Derived terms

• Cabo Verde
• verdura
• vinho verde

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: verdi
• Kabuverdianu: verdi
• Papiamentu: bèrdè

Noun

verde m (plural verdes)

1. green (color/colour)
2. greenery, vegetation

   Synonyms: verdura, vegetação, natureza

Related terms

• antiverde
• enverdecer
• esverdeado
• verdejar
• vergel

See also

Colors in Portuguese · cores (layout · text)

branco, alvo	cinza, gris, cinzento	preto, negro
vermelho, encarnado, rubro, salmão; carmim	laranja, cor de laranja; castanho, marrom	amarelo; creme, ocre
verde-limão	verde	verde-água; verde-menta
ciano, turquesa; azul-petróleo	azul-bebê / azul-bebé, azul-celeste	azul, índigo, anil
violeta, lilás	magenta; roxo, púrpura	rosa, cor-de-rosa, rosa-choque

Further reading

• “verde”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “verde”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Alternative forms

• верде (verde) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Related to English verdure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈver.de/

• Audio (male voice):

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• Audio (female voice):

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• Rhymes: -erde
• Hyphenation: ver‧de

Adjective

verde m or f or n (plural verzi)

1. green (color/colour)

Declension

Declension of verde

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	verde		verde	verzi	verzi
	definite	verdele		verdea	verzii	verzile
genitive- dative	indefinite	verde		verzi	verzi	verzi
	definite	verdelui		verzii	verzilor	verzilor

Noun

verde n (uncountable)

1. green (color/colour)
2. (slang) green, marijuana

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	verde	verdele
genitive-dative	verde	verdelui
vocative	verde

Derived terms

• verzui

Related terms

• înverzi
• verdeață
• varză

See also

Colors in Romanian · culori (layout · text)

alb	gri	negru
roșu; carmin	portocaliu; maro	galben; crem
	verde	verde mentă
cyan	bleu	albastru
violet; indigo	mov; purpură	roz; trandafiriu (poetic)

Further reading

• “verde”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Spanish

Picture dictionary: color

color

rojo

naranja

amarillo

verde

azul

violeta

morado

rosa

marrón

negro

gris

blanco

Several of the most common color words in Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin vireō

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.?

Proto-Italic *-is

Latin -is

Classical Latin viridis

Late Latin virdis

Old Spanish verde

Spanish verde

Inherited from Old Spanish verde, from Late Latin virdis. Cognate with English verdure and verdant, Catalan verd, French vert, as well as various Romance homonyms.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾde/ [ˈbeɾ.ð̞e]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -eɾde
• Syllabification: ver‧de

Adjective

verde m or f (masculine and feminine plural verdes)

1. green (color/colour)

   La puerta es verde.

   The door is green.

2. green, eco-friendly
3. green, unripe, immature

   Synonym: inmaduro

   La banana está verde.

   The banana is unripe.

4. (figurative) green, inexperienced; naïve

   Synonym: inexperto

5. (figurative) risqué, naughty

   Synonym: picante

   ¿Están verdes los vestidos?

   Are the dresses risqué?

6. (figurative) off-color, dirty, coarse

   Esos son chistes verdes

   Those are dirty jokes.

7. (figurative) green; unwell; sick

   Synonyms: indispuesto, enfermo, malato

   ¿Estás verde?

   Are you unwell?

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, off-color or unwell.

Noun

verde m (plural verdes)

1. green (color/colour)
2. (Venezuela, colloquial) dollar, greenback

Derived terms

• albiverde
• billete verde
• Cabo Verde
• chile verde
• eléboro verde
• enverdecer
• fractura en tallo verde
• garcita verde
• iguana verde
• Isla Verde
• libro verde
• luz verde
• manzana verde
• más raro que un perro verde
• pasto verde
• perifollo verde
• picaflor verde
• plátano verde
• poner verde
• poroto verde
• punto verde
• rabo verde
• salsa verde
• seda verde
• tapete verde
• tarjeta verde
• tortuga verde
• verde de París
• verde de Scheele
• verde París
• verde-París
• verdear
• verdinegro
• verdura
• vía verde
• zona verde

Related terms

• vergel

Descendants

• → Aklanon: berde
• → Basque: berde
• → Cebuano: berde
• → Chamorro: betde
• → Hiligaynon: berde
• → Inabaknon: berde
• → Tagalog: berde

See also

Colors in Spanish · colores (layout · text)

blanco	gris	negro
rojo; carmín, carmesí	naranja, anaranjado; marrón	amarillo; crema
lima	verde	menta
cian, turquesa; azul-petróleo	celeste, cerúleo	azul
violeta; añil, índigo	magenta; morado, púrpura	rosa, rosado

Further reading

• “verde”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025