verdolaga

Borrowed from Spanish verdolaga.

verdolaga (plural verdolagas)

1. Portulaca oleracea, common purslane.

Borrowed from Mozarabic *bardiláqa, from Latin portulāca, with influence from verd.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bər.duˈla.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [vər.doˈla.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [veɾ.ðoˈla.ɣa]

verdolaga f (plural verdolagues)

1. common purslane

• “verdolaga”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Borrowed from Mozarabic *berdiláqaš, from Latin portulāca, with influence from Spanish verde and Mozarabic *yiláqa. Doublet of badulaque.

• IPA^(key): /beɾdoˈlaɡa/ [beɾ.ð̞oˈla.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Syllabification: ver‧do‧la‧ga

verdolaga f (plural verdolagas)

1. common purslane, a plant of species Portulaca oleracea

• “verdolaga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024