verdura

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See also: Verdura and verdură

Aragonese

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Etymology

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From verd +‎ -ura or Vulgar Latin *virdūra.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /beɾˈduɾa/
  • Rhymes: -uɾa
  • Syllabification: ver‧du‧ra

Noun

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verdura f (plural verduras)

  1. vegetable

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Asturian

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Etymology

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verde +‎ -ura.

Noun

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verdura f (plural verdures)

  1. vegetable
  2. green, greenness

Catalan

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Etymology

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From verd +‎ -ura or Vulgar Latin *virdūra.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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verdura f (plural verdures)

  1. vegetable

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Further reading

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Galician

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Praza da Verdura, Pontevedra, ancient place of a greens market

Etymology

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Attested since circa 1300. From verde (green) +‎ -ura or from Late Latin *virdura.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /beɾˈduɾa/ [beɾˈð̞u.ɾɐ]
  • Rhymes: -uɾa
  • Hyphenation: ver‧du‧ra

Noun

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verdura f (plural verduras)

  1. greenness; greenery; verdure
    Synonym: verdor
    • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Archivum, page 191:
      Et diz Jeronymo que ẽno tẽpo do emperador Teodosio que verde era ajnda esta aruore, et despoys que se secou, et pero que perdera a verdura, que bõo era o fuste del pera moytas cousas de [meeziñas].
      And Jerome says that in times of emperor Theodosius this tree was still green, and that it later dried up, and that even if it had lost its verdure, its wood was good for many medicinal things
  2. (countable or uncountable) greens; vegetable, especially a leafy vegetable
    Synonym: verza

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Italian

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Etymology

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From verde (green) +‎ -ura (noun-forming suffix), or from Vulgar Latin *virdūra.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /verˈdu.ra/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ura
  • Hyphenation: ver‧dù‧ra

Noun

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verdura f (plural verdure)

  1. vegetable(s)

Old Occitan

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Etymology

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vert +‎ -ura.

Noun

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

  1. greenery; plant life

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Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From verde (green) +‎ -ura (-ness), with the first element from Old Galician-Portuguese verde, from Latin viridis (green). Alternately, from Vulgar Latin *virdūra.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -uɾɐ
  • Hyphenation: ver‧du‧ra

Noun

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verdura f (plural verduras)

  1. (uncountable) greenness (state or quality of being green)
  2. (uncountable) unripeness (state or quality of being unripe)
    Antonym: madureza
  3. (in the plural) 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)
    Synonyms: hortaliça, legume, vegetal

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish verdura, from verde (green) + -ura (noun-forming suffix). Alternately, from Vulgar Latin *virdūra.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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verdura f (plural verduras)

  1. vegetable
    Synonyms: hortaliza, vegetal
  2. greenness, verdancy
    Synonym: verdor
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