vermelho
التعريفات والمعاني
== Galician ==
=== Noun ===
vermelho m (plural vermelhos, reintegrationist norm)
reintegrationist spelling of vermello
=== References ===
“vermelho”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
== Old Galician-Portuguese ==
=== Alternative forms ===
vermello
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *vermiclus, from Latin vermiculus (“little worm”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /βeɾ.ˈme.ʎo/
=== Adjective ===
vermelho m (plural vermelhos, feminine vermelha, feminine plural vermelhas)
red
1198, Cancioneiro da Ajuda, Paio Soares de Taveirós, A 38: No mundo non me sei parella (facsimile)
==== Descendants ====
Galician: vermello
Portuguese: vermelho (see there for further descendants)
=== See also ===
=== Further reading ===
Universo Cantigas - "vermelho, vermelha"
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vermelho (“red”), from Vulgar Latin *vermiclus, from Latin vermiculus (“little worm”), from vermis (“worm”), ultimately in reference to a scale insect of species Kermes vermilio, used to make a crimson dye.
Cognate with Galician vermello, Spanish bermejo, Asturian bermeyu, Catalan vermell, Occitan vermelh, French vermeil and Italian vermiglio. Also related to English vermilion. Doublet of vermículo, which was borrowed.
==== Alternative forms ====
vremeio, vermeio (pronunciation spelling, Caipira)
==== Pronunciation ====
(Caipira) IPA(key): /veɻ.ˈme.jo/
(Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /veɦ.ˈme.ʎʊ/
Rhymes: -eʎu
Hyphenation: ver‧me‧lho
==== Adjective ====
vermelho (feminine vermelha, masculine plural vermelhos, feminine plural vermelhas, diminutive vermelhinho)
red (having red as its color)
red (socialist or communist)
==== Noun ====
vermelho m (plural vermelhos)
red (color)
red (socialist or communist)
(sports) red card
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
verme
==== Descendants ====
Guinea-Bissau Creole: burmedju
Korlai Creole Portuguese: birmel
Kristang: bremelu
==== See also ====
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Verb ====
vermelho
first-person singular present indicative of vermelhar
=== Further reading ===
“vermelho”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“vermelho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026