# púrpura
## 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)
* purple

## Catalan
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Adjective

púrpura m or f (masculine and feminine plural púrpures)
* purple
    Synonym: porpra

### Noun

púrpura f (uncountable)
* 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, 2025
* “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: /ˈpuɾpuɾa/ [ˈpuɾ.pu.ɾɐ]
* Rhymes: -uɾpuɾa

### Noun

púrpura f (plural púrpuras)
* 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: /ˈpuʁ.pu.ɾɐ/ [ˈpuh.pu.ɾɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpuʁ.pu.ɾɐ/ [ˈpuh.pu.ɾɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈpuɾ.pu.ɾɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈpuʁ.pu.ɾɐ/ [ˈpuχ.pu.ɾɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈpuɻ.pu.ɾa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈpuɾ.pu.ɾɐ/
* Hyphenation: púr‧pu‧ra

### Noun

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

#### Derived terms

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

### Adjective

púrpura (invariable)
* 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, 2008–2025
* “púrpura”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “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, 2003–2025
* “púrpura”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “púrpura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpuɾpuɾa/ [ˈpuɾ.pu.ɾa]
* Rhymes: -uɾpuɾa
* Syllabification: púr‧pu‧ra

### Adjective

púrpura m or f (masculine and feminine plural púrpuras)
* (heraldry) purpure
* (anglicism) purple

### Noun

púrpura f (plural púrpuras)
* purple (colour)
    Synonym: morado
* (in a poetic sense) blood
* Tyrian purple
* (mollusk) purple dye murex (Murex brandaris)
    Synonyms: cañadilla, cañaílla
* (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 |

### References

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “púrpura”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

### Further reading

* “púrpura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10