verde
Spanish, noun/ˈbeɾde/
verde is spelled V-E-R-D-E (5 letters) and appears 74 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,196th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verde is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “green (color/colour)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tinte o pigmento de color verde₁”.
What does verde mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinegreen (color/colour)
La puerta es verde.
- 2
femininemasculinegreen, eco-friendly
- 3
femininemasculinegreen, unripe, immature
La banana está verde.
- 4
femininemasculinegreen, inexperienced; naïve
- 5
femininemasculinerisqué, naughty
¿Están verdes los vestidos?
- 6
femininemasculineoff-color, dirty, coarse
Esos son chistes verdes
- 7
femininemasculinegreen; unwell; sick
¿Estás verde?
noun
- 1
masculinegreen (color/colour)
- 2
colloquialmasculinedollar, greenback
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Del color percibido por el ojo humano de la luz con una longitud de onda entre 520 nanómetros y 570 nanómetros, el color del follaje vivo o las esmeraldas. 2. Dicho de una planta, que aún conserva la savia. 3. Dicho de la leña, recién cortada, que por contener aún savia no es apta para arder. 4. Dicho de una legumbre, que se cosecha y consume sin secar previamente.
noun: 1. Tinte o pigmento de color verde₁. 2. Conjunto de hojas y otras partes verdes₁ de las plantas. 3. Forraje que se consume sin secar. 4. Señal verde₁ de los semáforos que autoriza el paso.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of verde
- verdes feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verde?
- /ˈbeɾde/
- [ˈbeɾ.ð̞e]
- [ˈbeɾð̞e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to verde
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verde in Spanish?
verde appears 74 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).