verdura

See also: Verdura and verdură

Aragonese

Etymology

From verd +‎ -ura or Vulgar Latin *virdūra.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

verdura f (plural verduras)

1. vegetable

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “verdura”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian

Etymology

From verde +‎ -ura.

Noun

verdura f (plural verdures)

1. vegetable
2. green, greenness

   Synonym: verdor

Further reading

• “verdura”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “verdura”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Catalan

Etymology

From verd +‎ -ura or Vulgar Latin *virdūra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bərˈdu.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [vərˈdu.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [veɾˈðu.ɾa]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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

Noun

verdura f (plural verdures)

1. vegetable

   Synonym: hortalissa

Derived terms

• verdulaire
• verdurer

Further reading

• “verdura”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “verdura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “verdura” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “verdura” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “verdura”, 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 Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “verdura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “verdura”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “verdura”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Further reading

• “verdura”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “verdura”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /verˈdu.ra/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ura
• Hyphenation: ver‧dù‧ra

Noun

verdura f (plural verdure)

1. vegetable(s)

Related terms

• verzura

See also

• vegetale

Old Occitan

Etymology

vert +‎ -ura.

Noun

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

1. greenery; plant life

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “viridis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 14: U–Z, page 509

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /veʁˈdu.ɾɐ/ [veɦˈdu.ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /veʁˈdu.ɾɐ/ [veɦˈdu.ɾɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /veɾˈdu.ɾɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /veʁˈdu.ɾɐ/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /veɻˈdu.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /veʁˈdu.ɾa/ [veɦˈdu.ɾa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨɾˈdu.ɾɐ/ [vɨɾˈðu.ɾɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨɾˈdu.ɾɐ/ [vɨɾˈðu.ɾɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨɾˈdu.ɾɐ/ [bɨɾˈðu.ɾɐ]

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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

Noun

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

Synonyms

• (greenness): verdor, viridez (poetic)

Related terms

• verde
• verdureiro

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɾˈduɾa/ [beɾˈð̞u.ɾa]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: ver‧du‧ra

Noun

verdura f (plural verduras)

1. vegetable

   Synonyms: hortaliza, vegetal

2. greenness, verdancy

   Synonym: verdor

Related terms

• verde
• verdulero

Further reading

• “verdura”, 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