erva

erva f (plural ervas, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of herba

• “erva” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

erva n

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ervum

• erve (e- and split infinitives)

From Old Norse erfa.

erva (present tense erver, past tense ervde, past participle ervd, passive infinitive ervast, present participle ervande, imperative erv)

1. to inherit

• “erva” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• Arve, Vera, arve, evar, rave, reva, vare, vear, vera

From Latin herba, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow, become green”). Cognate with Old Spanish yerba, Old Occitan erba and Old French erbe.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɾ.βa/

erva f (plural ervas)

1. herb
2. weed.

• Galician: herba
• Portuguese: erva
  • Kabuverdianu: érba

• herva (obsolete)

From Old Galician-Portuguese erva, from Latin herba, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow, become green”). Cognate with Galician herba and Spanish hierba.

• Hyphenation: er‧va

erva f (plural ervas)

1. herb
   1. (colloquial, South Brazil) yerba mate
2. grass
3. weed
   1. (slang) marijuana

• ervar

• erveiro
• herbáceo
• herbanário

• “erva” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “erva”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “erva”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

From Latin herba.

erva f

1. grass

From Latin herba.

erva f (plural ervi)

1. herb