verde e amarelo

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Literally, green and yellow. This is a reference to the Flag of Brazil, which is yellow, green, blue and white.

Adjective[edit]

verde e amarelo (feminine verde e amarela, masculine plural verdes e amarelos, feminine plural verdes e amarelas)

  1. (poetic) Brazilian
    • 2010, Daniel Rodrigues Aurélio, A Extraordinária História do Brasil - Vol. 2, Universo dos Livros Editora, →ISBN, page 76:
      Banqueiro, industrial, empresário de múltiplas atividades, pioneiro do transporte ferroviário no Brasil. É um herói da burguesia verde e amarela.
      Banker, industrious, a businessman of multiple activities, a pioneer of the railway transport in Brazil. He's a hero of the green and yellow bourgeoisie..