# primavera
## English
### Etymology 1

From Italian primavera (“springtime”).

#### Adjective

primavera (not comparable)
* Describing a light vegetable sauce, especially one served with pasta.

### Etymology 2

From Spanish primavera (“springtime”).

#### Noun

primavera (countable and uncountable, plural primaveras)
* (countable) Any of species Roseodendron donnell-smithii, of Central America.
* (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: /pɾimaˈbeɾa/ [pɾi.maˈβ̞e.ɾa]
* Rhymes: -eɾa
* Syllabification: pri‧ma‧ve‧ra

### Noun

primavera f (plural primaveres)
* spring (season)

### See also

* Seasons in Asturian · estaciones (layout · text) · category primavera (“spring”) branu (“summer”) seronda (“autumn”) iviernu (“winter”)

## Catalan
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [pɾi.məˈβe.ɾə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [pɾi.məˈve.ɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [pɾi.maˈve.ɾa]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

primavera f (plural primaveres)
* spring (season)
* 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

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾimaˈbeɾa/
* Rhymes: -eɾa
* Syllabification: pri‧ma‧ve‧ra

### Noun

primavera f (plural primaveras)
* (Lagarteiru, Mañegu) spring

### References

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

## Galician
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾimaˈbɛɾa/ [pɾi.maˈβ̞ɛ.ɾɐ]
* Rhymes: -ɛɾa
* Hyphenation: pri‧ma‧ve‧ra

### Noun

primavera f (plural primaveras)
* 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)
* 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: /pri.maˈvɛ.ra/
** Rhymes: -ɛra
** Hyphenation: pri‧ma‧vè‧ra
* IPA: (regional) /pri.maˈve.ra/
** Audio:(file)
** Rhymes: -era
** Hyphenation: pri‧ma‧vé‧ra

### Noun

primavera f (plural primavere)
* spring (season)
* (in the plural, informal) years, winters
    Synonyms: anno, anni
* primrose
    Synonym: primula

#### Derived terms

* primaverile

#### See also

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

### References

* ↑ primavera in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Old Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Noun

primavera
* 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 sembrarAnd 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: /pɾi.maˈvɛ.ɾɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾi.maˈvɛ.ɾɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pɾi.maˈvɛ.ɾa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾi.mɐˈvɛ.ɾɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾi.mɐˈvɛ.ɾɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /pɾi.mɐˈbɛ.ɾɐ/ [pɾi.mɐˈβɛ.ɾɐ]
* Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ
* Hyphenation: pri‧ma‧ve‧ra

### Noun

primavera f (plural primaveras)
* spring (the season)
* (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 Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “primavera”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## 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
* 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”). Compare Italian primavera and Romanian primăvară.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾimaˈbeɾa/ [pɾi.maˈβ̞e.ɾa]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɾa
* Syllabification: pri‧ma‧ve‧ra

### Noun

primavera f (plural primaveras)
* spring (season)
* (more common in the plural) year of age
    Synonyms: año, taco, abril
    Mi primo tiene cuarenta primaverasMy cousin's forty [years old].
* primrose
    Synonym: prímula

### Noun

primavera m or f by sense (plural primaveras)
* simple soul; simple creature; simple sod

### Noun

primavera f (plural primaveras)
* (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), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10