vinho verde

English

Etymology

From Portuguese vinho verde (young wine).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): ˈviːnju ˈvɛɹdi, ˈviːnjoʊ ˈvɛɹdeɪ

Noun

vinho verde (plural vinho verdes)

1. Any instance of a type of wine (often white wine but sometimes rosé wine or red wine) produced in the Minho region of northern Portugal.

   Hypernyms: wine, < beverage

Usage notes

Sometimes written upstyle, Vinho Verde, because in modern usage the name is a DOC. Also sometimes written viño verde or vino verde by English-speakers who misapprehend that the term came from Galician (viño verde) or Spanish (vino verde).

Portuguese

Etymology

Literally, “green wine”, a reference to the young age of the grapes; thus, non-overliterally, young wine. Compare other examples of a language's word for green meaning "young" but not necessarily always literally green in color, such as English green, greenhorn, and green cheese.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvĩ.ɲu ˈveʁ.d͡ʒi/ [ˈvĩ.j̃u ˈveɦ.d͡ʒi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvĩ.ɲu ˈveʁ.d͡ʒi/ [ˈvĩ.j̃u ˈveɦ.d͡ʒi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈvĩ.ɲu ˈveɾ.d͡ʒi/ [ˈvĩ.j̃u ˈveɾ.d͡ʒi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈvĩ.ɲu ˈveʁ.d͡ʒi/ [ˈvĩ.j̃u ˈveʁ.d͡ʒi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.ɲo ˈveɻ.de/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.ɲu ˈveɾ.dɨ/ [ˈvi.ɲu ˈveɾ.ðɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.ɲu ˈveɾ.dɨ/ [ˈvi.ɲu ˈveɾ.ðɨ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ɲu ˈbeɾ.dɨ/ [ˈbi.ɲu ˈβeɾ.ðɨ]

Noun

vinho verde m (plural vinhos verdes)

1. any instance of a type of wine (often white wine but sometimes rosé wine or red wine) produced in the Minho region of northern Portugal

Further reading

• vinho verde on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt
• Vinho Verde on Wikipedia.Wikipedia