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An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).
adjective 1. (color)
a. green Me compré una blusa verde con un estampado de flores. I bought a green blouse with a floral print.
2. (not ripe)
a. unripe Es mejor comprar aguacates que están un poco verdes, para que maduren en casa. It's better to buy slightly unripe avocados, so that they ripen at home.
b. green No entiendo cómo puedes comerte ese plátano. Está muy verde. I don't understand how you can eat that banana. It's really green.
3. (inexperienced)
a. green Ese muchacho es todavía muy verde para dirigir su propio equipo de trabajo. That young man is still too green to manage his own team at work.
4. (politics)
a. green Cuando estuve en la universidad era miembro del partido verde. When I was in college, I was a member of the green party.
5. (recently cut)
a. green Esta leña todavía está demasiado verde como para usarla en la fogata. This wood is still too green to be able to use it on the bonfire.
6. (indecent)
a. dirty No me dejes a solas con él. Siempre cuenta chistes bien verdes. Don't leave me alone with him. He always tells really dirty jokes.
A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g. el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
masculine noun 7. (color)
a. green Ese vestido resalta el verde de tus ojos. That dress brings out the green of your eyes.
a. dollar Oye, ¿no tienes un verde que me prestas? Hey, can you lend me a dollar?
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An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).
adjective 1. (en general)
a. green verde botella bottle green
verde oliva olive (green)
verde esmeralda emerald (green)
2. (colloquial)
a. poner verde a alguien to run somebody down
7. (antes fam)
Regionalism used in Spain
(Spain) a. billete verde 1,000 peseta note
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
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verde
adjective
1 (color) green estar verde de envidia to be green with envy
poner verde a algn to run sb down (familiar) ; slag sb off (muy_familiar) siempre ponen verde al jefe they're always running down (familiar) o slagging off (muy_familiar) the boss; 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 [+plan, proyecto] el proyecto está muy verde the project is at a very early stage
5 (sin experiencia) green (familiar) está muy verde he's very green (familiar) ; he doesn't know a thing
6 [+chiste, canción] smutty (familiar) ; blue (familiar) ; dirty viejo verde dirty old man (familiar)
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 (billete) [de mil pesetas] 1,000-peseta note; [de un dólar] dollar bill; buck (familiar) ; (EEUU) greenback (familiar) ; (EEUU) 4 darse un verde de algo to have one's fill of sth darse un verde de conciertos
6 (S. Cone) (pasto) grass; pasture 7 (S. Cone) (ensalada) salad 8 (And) (plátano) plantain 9 (Caribe) (México) (campo) country; countryside 10 (Caribe) (policía) cop (familiar) (Política) Green los Verdes the Greens; the Green Party
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