verdura

See also: Verdura and verdură

Asturian

Etymology

verde +‎ -ura.

Noun

verdura f (plural verdures)

1. vegetable
2. green, greenness

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Catalan

Etymology

verd +‎ -ura, or from Old Provençal verdura.

Noun

verdura f (plural verdures)

1. vegetable

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Galician

Etymology

verde +‎ -ura.

Noun

verdura f (plural verduras)

1. vegetable, especially a leafy vegetable

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Italian

Etymology

verde +‎ -ura.

Pronunciation

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Noun

verdura f (plural verdure)

1. vegetable(s)

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Old Provençal

Etymology

vert +‎ -ura.

Noun

verdura f (oblique plural verduras, nominative singular verdura, nominative plural verduras)

1. greenery; plant life

References

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “viridis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 140, page 509

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Portuguese

Etymology

Verde (“green”) +‎ -ura (“-ness”), from Old Portuguese verde, from Latin viridis (“green”).

Pronunciation

• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /veɹ.ˈdu.ɾa/, /veɹ.ˈdu.ɾɐ/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /veɻ.ˈdu.ɾa/
• Hyphenation: ver‧du‧ra

Noun

verdura f (plural verduras)

1. vegetable (a plant raised for some edible part of it, excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, or spice in the culinary sense)
2. (uncountable) greenness (state or quality of being green)
3. (uncountable) unripeness (state or quality of being unripe)

Synonyms

• (vegetable): hortaliça legume, vegetal
• (greenness): verdor, viridez (poetic)

Antonyms

• (unripeness): madureza

Related terms

• verde
• verdureiro

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish verdura, from verde (“green”). Analytically from verde (“green”) +‎ -ura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɾˈðu.ɾa/
• Rhymes: -uɾa

Noun

verdura f (plural verduras)

1. vegetable
2. greenness, verdancy

Related terms

• verde
• verdulero