vereda

See also: Vereda

English

Etymology

From Spanish vereda.

Noun

vereda (plural veredas)

A scattered settlement in Latin America.

Anagrams

Deaver, Devera, avered, dreave, evader, reaved

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vereda.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [bəˈɾɛ.ðə]

IPA^(key): (Balearic) unknown

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [veˈɾe.ða]

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

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /veˈɾe.dɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /veˈɾe.da/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨˈɾe.dɐ/ [vɨˈɾe.ðɐ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨˈɾe.dɐ/ [bɨˈɾe.ðɐ]

Hyphenation: ve‧re‧da

Noun

vereda f (plural veredas)

narrow path or way

Spanish

Etymology

From Early Medieval Latin verēda (“path, main road”), perhaps from Late 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
(Latin America) sidewalk
Synonyms: acera, (Guatemala, Mexico, Philippines) banqueta
(figurative) right track; straight and narrow
(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

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