púrpura

Asturian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin purpura, from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra).

Adjective

púrpura m sg (feminine singular púrpura, neuter singular púrpura, masculine plural púrpures, feminine plural púrpures)

  1. purple

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin purpura, from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra). Doublet of porpra.

Pronunciation

Adjective

púrpura m or f (masculine and feminine plural púrpures)

  1. purple
    Synonym: porpra

Noun

púrpura f (uncountable)

  1. purple
    Synonym: porpra

Further reading

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin purpura, from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra).

Noun

púrpura f (plural púrpuras)

  1. purple (colour)

See also

Colors in Galician · cores (layout · text)
     branco      gris      negro, preto
             vermello; carmín              laranxa; castaño, marrón              amarelo; crema
             verde lima              verde              menta; verde escuro
             ciano; azul verdoso              cerúleo              azul
             violeta; anil              maxenta; púrpura              rosa

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin purpura, from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpuʁ.pu.ɾɐ/ [ˈpuh.pu.ɾɐ]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈpuɾ.pu.ɾɐ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈpuʁ.pu.ɾɐ/ [ˈpuχ.pu.ɾɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpuɻ.pu.ɾa/

  • Hyphenation: púr‧pu‧ra

Noun

púrpura f (plural púrpuras)

  1. a colour between purple and red
  2. (medicine) purpura (marks on the skin due to subdermal bleeding)
  3. Tyrian purple (a purple dye extracted from certain sea molluscs)
    1. any mollusc that produces Tyrian purple
    2. red fabric, dyed with Tyrian purple (a symbol of royal or ecclesiastic power)
      1. (metonymically) royal or ecclesiastic power

Derived terms

  • púrpura de Henoch
  • púrpura de Schönlein
  • púrpura hemorrágica
  • púrpura nervosa
  • púrpura reumática
  • púrpura visual

Adjective

púrpura (invariable)

  1. of a colour between purple and red
    Synonyms: purpurino, purpúreo

Alternative forms

  • púrpuro

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin purpura, from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra). Cf. the inherited Old Spanish forms pórpola (purple cloth), pórpora.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpuɾpuɾa/ [ˈpuɾ.pu.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -uɾpuɾa
  • Syllabification: púr‧pu‧ra

Adjective

púrpura m or f (masculine and feminine plural púrpuras)

  1. (heraldry) purpure
  2. (anglicism) purple

Noun

púrpura f (plural púrpuras)

  1. purple (colour)
    Synonym: morado
  2. (in a poetic sense) blood
  3. Tyrian purple
  4. (mollusk) purple dye murex (Murex brandaris)
    Synonyms: cañadilla, cañaílla
  5. (pathology) purpura, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Derived terms

See also

Colors in Spanish · colores (layout · text)
     blanco      gris      negro
             rojo; carmín, carmesí              naranja, anaranjado; marrón              amarillo; crema
             lima              verde              menta
             cian, turquesa; azul-petróleo              celeste, cerúleo              azul
             violeta; añil, índigo              magenta; morado, púrpura              rosa, rosado

References

Further reading

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