vereda
See also: Vereda
English
Etymology
Spanish vereda
Noun
vereda (plural veredas)
- A scattered settlement in Latin America.
Anagrams
- Deaver, Devera, avered, dreave, evader, reaved
Catalan
Etymology
From Spanish vereda.
Noun
vereda f (plural veredes)
- narrow road, droveway
- Synonym: senda
Further reading
- “vereda” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese
Noun
vereda f (plural veredas)
- narrow path or way
Spanish
Etymology
From local Medieval Latin Vulgar Latin *vereda (“path, main road”), perhaps from Vulgar Latin verēdus (“light breed of horse”), from Gaulish *werēdos, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *uɸorēdos (compare Welsh gorwydd (“horse”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beˈɾeda/ [beˈɾe.ð̞a]
- Rhymes: -eda
- Syllabification: ve‧re‧da
Noun
vereda f (plural veredas)
- path, lane
- (figuratively) right track; straight and narrow
- (Latin America) sidewalk
- Synonyms: acera, (Guatemala, Mexico, Philippines) banqueta
- (Colombia) an administrative subdivision of a Colombian municipality
- Synonym: Vda. (abbreviation)
Further reading
- “vereda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014