Today's WOTD is: "verde" = green
In
Spanish, "verde" is a describing word/
adjective of Latin origin which means green. In Spanish,
besides describing something as being green in colour, “verde”
may also be used to describe:
- Fruit which is unripe/ still not suitable for eating;
- Firewood which is unseasoned/ still not ready for the fire;
- People who are unexperienced/ still needing to learn/ be trained;
- Things which are not quite the finished article;
In
Spanish, the word “verde” can also be a masculine noun
which means the colour green and greenery (grass/
folliage/ etc.). The plural form of the noun, “los verdes*”
is often used to refer to people belonging to ecologist political
parties or people with ecologist ideologies, (the greens).
*NB
The plural form, “los verdes” is not normally used
in Spanish to refer to vegetables.
Some
commonly used expressions containing the word "verde"
are:
- Chile verde (green chilli – very strong variety);
- Cinturón verde (green belt);
- Fruta verde (unripe fruit);
- Los verdes (the Greens – ecologists political party);
- Leña verde (unseasoned firewood);
- Luz verde (green light);
- Poner verde a alguien (to call him/ her every name under the sun);
- Salsa verde (parsley sauce);
- Tapete verde (card table);
- Té verde (green tea);
- Verde azulado (bluey/ bluish-green);
- Verde botella (bottle-green);
- Verde claro (light-green);
- Verde esmeralda (emerald-green, emerald colour);
- Verde oliva (olive-green);
- Verde oscuro (dark-green);
- Verde perico (bright-green);
- Viejo verde (dirty old man);
- Un vestido* (de color) verde (a green dress);
NB
The expression is also valid for other garments, e.g.: “camisa”/
shirt.
Some
examples of the use of the word "verde"
are:
- El chile verde es picante pero sabroso (green chillies are hot but tasty);
- Están destruyendo el cinturón verde (they are destroying the green belt);
- Las manzanas todavía están verdes (the apples are still unripe);
- Los verdes se muestran optimistas de cara a las elecciones (the Greens are very optimistic about the elections);
- Gente joven y leña verde todo es humo (old Galician saying comparing young people with unseasoned firewood – both generate lots of 'smoke' but little more);
- Dieron luz verde a ese proyecto (that project was given the green light);
- A Pedro lo pusieron verde (they called Pedro everyname under the sun);
- El bacalao en salsa verde está riquísimo (cod in parsley sauce is very tasty);
- La baraja sobre el tapete verde espera el comienzo de la partida (the pack of cards on the card table is awaiting the commencement of a game of cards);
- El té verde no me gusta mucho (I don't care very much for green tea);
- Ese vestido de color verde azulado es muy bonito (that bluey/ bluish-green colour dress is very nice);
- Ana tiene los ojos de color verde-claro (Ana has light-green eyes);
- Ese vestido de color verde botella es muy bonito (that bottle-green colour dress is very nice);
- Ese vestido de color verde esmeralda es muy bonito (that emerald-green colour dress is very nice);
- Ese vestido de color verde oliva es muy bonito (that olive-green colour dress is very nice);
- Ese vestido de color verde oscuro es muy bonito (that dark-green colour dress is very nice);
- Ese vestido de color verde perico es muy bonito (that light-green colour dress is very nice);
- No creo que haya tanto viejo verde (I don't believe there are that many dirty old men around);
*NB
'Click' on the speaker icon next to the word “verde”
in the link to hear the word pronounced.
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