vereda

See also: Vereda

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vereda.

Noun

vereda (plural veredas)

1. A scattered settlement in Latin America.

Anagrams

• Deaver, Devera, avered, dreave, evader, reaved

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vereda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [bəˈɾe̞.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) unknown
• IPA^(key): (Central) [bəˈɾɛ.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [veˈɾe.ða]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [beˈɾe.ða]

Noun

vereda f (plural veredes)

1. narrow road, droveway

   Synonym: senda

Further reading

• “vereda”, 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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /veˈɾe.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /veˈɾe.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /veˈɾe.da/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨˈɾe.dɐ/ [vɨˈɾe.ðɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨˈɾe.dɐ/ [vɨˈɾe.ðɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨˈɾe.dɐ/ [bɨˈɾe.ðɐ]

• Hyphenation: ve‧re‧da

Noun

vereda f (plural veredas)

1. narrow path or way

   Synonym: sendeiro

2. shortcut
3. (figuratively) circumstance

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Early Medieval Latin verēda (“path, main road”), perhaps from Late Latin verēdus (“light breed of horse”), from Gaulish *werēdos, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *uɸoreidos (compare Welsh gorwydd (“horse”)). Cognate with Galician verea and Tashelhit abrid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈɾeda/ [beˈɾe.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -eda
• Syllabification: ve‧re‧da

Noun

vereda f (plural veredas)

1. path, lane
2. (Latin America) pavement; sidewalk

   Synonyms: acera, (Guatemala, Mexico, Philippines) banqueta

3. (figurative) right track; straight and narrow
4. (Colombia) an administrative subdivision of a Colombian municipality

   Synonym: Vda. (abbreviation)

Further reading

• “vereda”, 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
• “vereda”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010