primavera

See also: Primavera

English

Etymology 1

From Italian primavera (“springtime”).

Adjective

primavera (not comparable)

1. Describing a light vegetable sauce, especially one served with pasta.

Etymology 2

From Spanish primavera (“springtime”).

Noun

primavera (countable and uncountable, plural primaveras)

1. (countable) Any of species Roseodendron donnell-smithii, of Central America.
2. (uncountable) Wood of trees of this species, white mahogany.

References

• “primavera”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin prīma vēra, from Latin prīmus (“first”) + vēr (“spring”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾimaˈbeɾa/ [pɾi.maˈβ̞e.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: pri‧ma‧ve‧ra

Noun

primavera f (plural primaveres)

1. spring (season)

See also

Seasons in Asturian · estaciones (layout · text) · category
primavera (“spring”)	veranu, estivu (“summer”)	seronda, tardíu, otoñu (“autumn”)	iviernu (“winter”)

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin prīma vēra, derived from Latin prīmus (“first”) + vēr (“spring”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [pɾi.məˈβe̞.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾi.məˈve.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾi.məˈβe.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾi.maˈve.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [pɾi.maˈβe.ɾa]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Noun

primavera f (plural primaveres)

1. spring (season)
2. primrose

   Synonym: prímula

Derived terms

• primaveral
• primaverenc

See also

Seasons in Catalan · estacions de l'any (layout · text) · category
primavera (“spring”)	estiu (“summer”)	tardor (“autumn”)	hivern (“winter”)

Fala

Alternative forms

• primaveira (Valverdeñu)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Late Latin prīma vēra

Old Galician-Portuguese primavera

Fala primavera

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese primavera (“early spring”), from Late Latin prīma vēra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾimaˈbeɾa/
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: pri‧ma‧ve‧ra

Noun

primavera f (plural primaveras)

1. (Lagarteiru, Mañegu) spring

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021), Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web), 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN, page 233

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese primavera (“early spring”), from Late Latin prīma vēra, from Latin prīmus (“first”) + vēr (“spring”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾimaˈbɛɾa/ [pɾi.maˈβ̞ɛ.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɛɾa
• Hyphenation: pri‧ma‧ve‧ra

Noun

primavera f (plural primaveras)

1. spring (season)

See also

Seasons in Galician · estacións (layout · text) · category
primavera (“spring”)	estío, verán (“summer”)	outono (“autumn”)	inverno (“winter”)

Interlingua

Noun

primavera (plural primaveras)

1. spring (season)

See also

Seasons in Interlingua · stationes del anno (layout · text) · category
primavera (“spring”)	estate (“summer”)	autumno (“autumn”)	hiberno (“winter”)

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin prīma vēra (“early spring”), derived from vēr (“spring”). Compare Spanish primavera, French primevère.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pri.maˈvɛ.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ɛra
  • Hyphenation: pri‧ma‧vè‧ra
• IPA^(key): (regional) /pri.maˈve.ra/

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  • Rhymes: -era
  • Hyphenation: pri‧ma‧vé‧ra

Noun

primavera f (plural primavere)

1. spring (season)
2. (in the plural, informal) years, winters

   Synonyms: anno, anni

3. primrose

   Synonym: primula

Derived terms

• primaverile

See also

• vernale

Seasons in Italian · stagioni (layout · text) · category
primavera (“spring”)	estate (“summer”)	autunno (“autumn”)	inverno (“winter”)

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin prīma vēra, from Latin prīmus (“first”) + vēr (“spring”). Cf. Old Galician-Portuguese primavera.

Noun

primavera

1. beginning of spring
   • c. 1380 – 1385, Ferrer Saiol, Libro de Palladio 198r (ed. by Pedro Sánchez-Prieto Borja, 2004, publisher: Universidad de Alcalá de Henares):

     E como las avras asy prouadas en la primavera podras las sembrar

     And once you have examined them [the chestnuts], you'll be able to sow them by the beginning of spring

Hypernyms

• verano ("spring")

Descendants

• primavera

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese primavera (“early spring”), from Late Latin prīma vēra, from Latin prīmus (“first”) + vēr (“spring”). Compare Italian and Spanish primavera, Romanian primăvară.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾi.maˈvɛ.ɾɐ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾi.mɐˈvɛ.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾi.mɐˈvɛ.ɾɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾi.mɐˈbɛ.ɾɐ/ [pɾi.mɐˈβɛ.ɾɐ]

• Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ
• Hyphenation: pri‧ma‧ve‧ra

Noun

primavera f (plural primaveras)

1. spring (the season)
2. (figurative, politics) spring (a period of political liberalization and democratization)

   a Primavera de Praga ― the Prague Spring

Derived terms

• equinócio de primavera
• Primavera Árabe
• primavera da vida
• primaveral
• primaverar
• primaveril

See also

Seasons in Portuguese · estações, sazões (layout · text) · category
primavera (“spring”)	verão (“summer”)	outono (“autumn”)	inverno (“winter”)

• vernal
• vernante

Further reading

• “primavera”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “primavera”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “primavera”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026

Sicilian

Etymology

Ultimately from Late Latin prīma vēra (“early spring”), perhaps borrowed from Italian or Neapolitan, considering the stressed vowel outcome (Latin /ē/ yields /i/ in native Sicilian words). Cognates include Spanish primavera and Romanian primăvară.

Noun

primavera f

1. spring

See also

Seasons in Sicilian · staciuna (layout · text) · category
primavera (“spring”)	astati (“summer”)	autunnu (“autumn”)	mmernu (“winter”)

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish primavera, from Late Latin prīma vēra, from Latin prīmus (“first”) + vēr (“spring”) (from whence English vernal). Compare Italian primavera and Romanian primăvară.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾimaˈbeɾa/ [pɾi.maˈβ̞e.ɾa]

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• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: pri‧ma‧ve‧ra

Noun

primavera f (plural primaveras)

1. spring (season)
2. (more common in the plural) year of age

   Synonyms: año, taco, abril

   Mi primo tiene cuarenta primaveras

   My cousin's forty [years old].

3. primrose

   Synonym: prímula

Noun

primavera m or f by sense (plural primaveras)

1. simple soul; simple creature; simple sod

Noun

primavera f (plural primaveras)

1. (Mexico) American robin, Turdus migratorius

Derived terms

• equinoccio de primavera
• Primavera Árabe
• primavera bosquera
• rollito de primavera
• rollo primavera

Related terms

• primaveral
• verano

See also

Seasons in Spanish · estaciones (layout · text) · category
primavera (“spring”)	verano (“summer”), estío (“summer”)	otoño (“fall, autumn”)	invierno (“winter”)

• vernal

Further reading

• “primavera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026