vinho verde
English
Etymology
From Portuguese vinho verde (young wine).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈviːnju ˈvɛɹdi/, /ˈviːnjoʊ ˈvɛɹdeɪ/
Noun
vinho verde (plural vinho verdes)
- Any instance of a type of wine (often white wine but sometimes rosé wine or red wine) produced in the Minho region of northern Portugal.
Usage notes
Sometimes written upstyle, Vinho Verde, because in modern usage the name is a DOC. Also sometimes written viño verde or vino verde by English-speakers who misapprehend that the term came from Galician (viño verde) or Spanish (vino verde).
Portuguese
Etymology
Literally, “green wine”, a reference to the young age of the grapes; thus, non-overliterally, young wine. Compare other examples of a language's word for green meaning "young" but not necessarily always literally green in color, such as English green, greenhorn, and green cheese.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvĩ.ɲu ˈveʁ.d͡ʒi/ [ˈvĩ.j̃u ˈveɦ.d͡ʒi]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈvĩ.ɲu ˈveɾ.d͡ʒi/ [ˈvĩ.j̃u ˈveɾ.d͡ʒi]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈvĩ.ɲu ˈveʁ.d͡ʒi/ [ˈvĩ.j̃u ˈveʁ.d͡ʒi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvi.ɲo ˈveɻ.de/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈvi.ɲu ˈveɾ.dɨ/ [ˈvi.ɲu ˈveɾ.ðɨ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈbi.ɲu ˈbeɾ.dɨ/ [ˈbi.ɲu ˈβeɾ.ðɨ]
Noun
vinho verde m (plural vinhos verdes)
- any instance of a type of wine (often white wine but sometimes rosé wine or red wine) produced in the Minho region of northern Portugal
Further reading
- vinho verde on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
- Vinho Verde on Wikipedia.Wikipedia