Italian

Proper noun

Verdura ?

1. A river that flows in Sicily

Asturian

Noun

verdura f ‎(plural verdures)

1. vegetable
2. green, greenness

Catalan

Noun

verdura f ‎(plural verdures)

1. vegetable

Galician

Noun

verdura f ‎(plural verduras)

1. vegetable, especially a leafy vegetable

Italian

Pronunciation

Noun

verdura f ‎(plural verdure)

1. vegetable(s)

Old Provençal

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin viridis.

Noun

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

1. greenery; plant life

References

• (fr)(de) viridis in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Walther von Wartburg, 2002)

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

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