vermelho

vermelho m (plural vermelhos, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of vermello

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

• vermello

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *vermiclus, from Latin vermiculus (“little worm”).

• IPA^(key): /βeɾ.ˈme.ʎo/

vermelho m (plural vermelhos, feminine vermelha, feminine plural vermelhas)

1. red
   • 1198, Cancioneiro da Ajuda, Paio Soares de Taveirós, A 38: No mundo non me sei parella (facsimile)

     […] mia ſennoꝛ bꝛanca e / uermella.

     […] my lady of white skin and / reddish face.

• Galician: vermello
• Portuguese: vermelho (see there for further descendants)

• Universo Cantigas - "vermelho, vermelha"

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.

• vremeio, vermeio (pronunciation spelling, Caipira)

• (Caipira Brazil) IPA^(key): /veɻ.ˈme.jo/
• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /veɦ.ˈme.ʎʊ/

• Audio (Northern Portugal):

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• Rhymes: -eʎu
• Hyphenation: ver‧me‧lho

vermelho (feminine vermelha, masculine plural vermelhos, feminine plural vermelhas, diminutive vermelhinho)

1. red (having red as its color)
2. red (socialist or communist)

vermelho m (plural vermelhos)

1. red (color)
2. red (socialist or communist)
3. (sports) red card

• verme

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: burmedju
• Korlai Creole Portuguese: birmel
• Kristang: bremelu

vermelho

1. first-person singular present indicative of vermelhar