púrpura

See also: purpura, purpurá, purpurā, and purpură

Asturian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin purpura, from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra).

Adjective

púrpura m sg (feminine singular púrpura, neuter singular púrpura, masculine plural púrpures, feminine plural púrpures)

1. purple

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin purpura, from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra). Doublet of porpra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpur.pu.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpuɾ.pu.ɾa]

Adjective

púrpura m or f (masculine and feminine plural púrpures)

1. purple

   Synonym: porpra

Noun

púrpura f (uncountable)

1. purple

   Synonym: porpra

Further reading

• “púrpura” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “púrpura” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “púrpura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “púrpura” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin purpura, from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuɾpuɾa/ [ˈpuɾ.pu.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -uɾpuɾa

Noun

púrpura f (plural púrpuras)

1. purple (colour)

See also

Colors in Galician · cores (layout · text)

branco	gris	negro, preto
vermello; carmín	laranxa; castaño, marrón	amarelo; crema
verde lima	verde	menta; verde escuro
ciano; azul verdoso	cerúleo	azul
violeta; anil	maxenta; púrpura	rosa

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin purpura, from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpuʁ.pu.ɾɐ/ [ˈpuh.pu.ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpuʁ.pu.ɾɐ/ [ˈpuh.pu.ɾɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈpuɾ.pu.ɾɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpuʁ.pu.ɾɐ/ [ˈpuχ.pu.ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpuɻ.pu.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpuɾ.pu.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: púr‧pu‧ra

Noun

púrpura f (plural púrpuras)

1. a colour between purple and red
2. (medicine) purpura (marks on the skin due to subdermal bleeding)
3. Tyrian purple (a purple dye extracted from certain sea molluscs)
   1. any mollusc that produces Tyrian purple
   2. red fabric, dyed with Tyrian purple (a symbol of royal or ecclesiastic power)
      1. (metonymically) royal or ecclesiastic power

Derived terms

• púrpura de Henoch
• púrpura de Schönlein
• púrpura hemorrágica
• púrpura nervosa
• púrpura reumática
• púrpura visual

 

Adjective

púrpura (invariable)

1. of a colour between purple and red

   Synonyms: purpurino, purpúreo

Alternative forms

• púrpuro

Further reading

• “púrpura”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “púrpura”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “púrpura” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “púrpura”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “púrpura”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “púrpura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin purpura, from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra). Cf. the inherited Old Spanish forms pórpola (“purple cloth”), pórpora.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuɾpuɾa/ [ˈpuɾ.pu.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾpuɾa
• Syllabification: púr‧pu‧ra

Adjective

púrpura m or f (masculine and feminine plural púrpuras)

1. (heraldry) purpure
2. (anglicism) purple

Noun

púrpura f (plural púrpuras)

1. purple (colour)

   Synonym: morado

2. (in a poetic sense) blood
3. Tyrian purple
4. (mollusk) purple dye murex (Murex brandaris)

   Synonyms: cañadilla, cañaílla

5. (pathology) purpura, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Derived terms

• púrpura de Tiro

 

See also

• Púrpura trombocitopénica trombótica on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Colors in Spanish · colores (layout · text)

blanco	gris	negro
rojo; carmín, carmesí	naranja, anaranjado; marrón	amarillo; crema
lima	verde	menta
cian, turquesa; azul-petróleo	celeste, cerúleo	azul
violeta; añil, índigo	magenta; morado, púrpura	rosa, rosado

Further reading

• “púrpura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28