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violeta

adjectiveBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “violeta” mean in English?

  1. purple

Example sentences

  • Las flores son de color violeta.

    The flowers are violet-coloured.

  • Compré una bufanda violeta.

    I bought a violet scarf.

  • Cultivamos violetas en el jardín.

    We grow violets in the garden.

How to use it

Violeta means 'violet' (both flower and colour). Invariable when used as a colour adjective: la camisa violeta, los pétalos violeta.

Common mistake

Like rosa and naranja, violeta as a colour stays invariable — only the noun (flower) takes plural -s.

Topics

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Reference

This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 4.