verdura
nounBeginnerHigh frequency
What does “verdura” mean in English?
vegetable
Example sentences
Como muchas verduras.
I eat lots of vegetables.
La verdura es buena para la salud.
Vegetables are good for health.
Sopa de verduras.
Vegetable soup.
How to use it
Verdura means 'vegetable'. Feminine: la verdura. Often plural: las verduras. Synonym hortaliza is more formal.
Common mistake
Verduras (plural) covers all vegetables. Don't say 'vegetales' for veggies — 'vegetal' more for plant-derived in chemistry/diet contexts.
Topics
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Reference
This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 1.