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English
Etymology
From Spanish vereda.
Noun
vereda (plural veredas)
- A scattered settlement in Latin America.
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish vereda.
Pronunciation
Noun
vereda f (plural veredes)
- narrow road, droveway
- Synonym: senda
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Portuguese
Pronunciation
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 *uɸoreidos (compare Welsh gorwydd (“horse”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beˈɾeda/
- 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)
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