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púrpura

/ˈpuɾpuɾa/

adjective/ˈpuɾpuɾa/

purpure; purple

Learned borrowing from Latin purpura, from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra). Cf. the inherited Old Spanish forms pórpola (“purple cloth”), pórpora.

noun, feminine/ˈpuɾpuɾa/plural: púrpuras

purple; purpure; blood; Tyrian purple; purple dye murex (Murex brandaris)

Synonyms: cañadilla, cañaílla

Learned borrowing from Latin purpura, from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra). Cf. the inherited Old Spanish forms pórpola (“purple cloth”), pórpora.