verde

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green

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verde
adjective
1 green (en general)
  • verde botella -> bottle green
  • verde oliva -> olive (green)
  • verde esmeralda -> emerald (green)
  • poner verde a alguien (informal) -> to run somebody down
2 unripe, green (poco maduro) (fruta) ;
    green, wet behind the ears; in its early stages
3 Green, green (ecologista)
4 blue, dirty (obsceno)
5 (Antes informal)
  • billete verde -> = 1,000 peseta note (peninsular Spanish)
masculine noun
6 green (color)
plural masculine noun
also:
  • los Verdes -> the Greens (partido)

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verde [verr’-day]
noun
1 Green, verdure. (m)
2 Verdigris. (m)
3 Youth. (m)
4 Person in the bloom of age. (m)
5 Green barley or grass, given to horses or mules as a purge (hierba). (m)
  • Verde limón -> bright green
  • Verde botella -> bottle green
  • Verde pardo -> brown green
6 Plantain. (Andes) (m)
7 Country (campo). (Caribbean & Mexico) (m)
8 Policeman (policía). (Caribbean) (m)
  • Sentarse en el verde -> to sit on the grass
adjective
9 Green, of the color of plants.
10 Unripe (fruta), immature, not perfectly fresh (legumbres).
11 Young, blooming verdant.
  • Viejo verde -> a dirty old man
12 Loose, immodest, smutty, savoring of obscenity.
13 Poner verde a uno, to give somebody a dressing-down (regañar.

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verde
adjetivo
1 (color) green
estar verde de envidia to be green with envy
poner verde a algn (familiar) to run sb down; (familiar) slag sb off; (muy_familiar)
siempre ponen verde al jefe they're always running down slagging off the boss; (familiar)o (muy_familiar) me llamó y me puso verde por no haberla ayudado she called me and gave me a piece of her mind for not helping her; (familiar)
2 [+árbol, planta] green; [+fruta, verdura] green; unripe; [+legumbres] green; [+madera] unseasoned
¡(las uvas) están verdes!
3 [+zona, espacio] green
faltan zonas verdes en esta ciudad there are not enough green spaces in this city
4 (familiar) [+plan, proyecto]
el proyecto está muy verde the project is at a very early stage
5 (familiar) (sin experiencia) green; (familiar)
está muy verde (familiar) he's very green; (familiar) he doesn't know a thing
6 (familiar) [+chiste, canción] smutty; (familiar) blue; (familiar) dirty
viejo verde dirty old man; (familiar)
7 (Política) Green
sustantivo:masculino
1 (color) green
verde botella bottle green
verde esmeralda emerald green
verde lima lime green
verde manzana apple green
verde oliva olive green
verde pistacho pistachio green
2 (hierba) grass; (follaje) foliage; greenery; (forraje) green fodder
sentarse en el verde to sit on the grass; segar la hierba en verde to cut the grass while it is still green
3 (familiar) (billete) [de mil pesetas] 1,000-peseta note; [de un dólar] dollar bill; buck; (EEUU) (familiar) greenback; (EEUU) (familiar)
4
darse un verde de algo (anticuado) to have one's fill of sth
darse un verde de conciertos
5 (S. Cone) (mate) maté
6 (S. Cone) (pasto) grass; pasture
7 (S. Cone) (ensalada) salad
8 (And) (plátano) plantain
9 (Caribe) (México) (campo) country; countryside
10 (Caribe) (familiar) (policía) cop; (familiar)
sustantivo:masculino_y_femenino
(Política) Green
los Verdes the Greens; the Green Party

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