verde
green
The word for the color green
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verdant
lush green
Verde means green and is related to the English word verdant0, which describes landscapes covered in lush green plants.
verde
green
The color of grass, leaves, and emeralds.
Mi hermana pintó su cuarto de verdeMy sister painted her room green
El verde es mi color favoritoGreen is my favorite color
green, unripe (fruit)
Fruit that is still green hasn't ripened yet, just like green bananas in English.
No comas esa manzana todavía, está muy verdeDon't eat that apple yet, it's really green
Compré aguacates verdes para que maduren en casaI bought unripe avocados so they can ripen at home
green, inexperienced (people)
Someone green is new and untested, the same metaphor English uses.
El nuevo empleado todavía está muy verdeThe new employee is still very green
Estoy verde en esto de la fotografíaI'm inexperienced at this photography thing
dirty (risqué)
Someone still green has youthful urges that never dried up: a viejo verde is a dirty old man, and a chiste verde is a dirty joke (mainly in Spain).
Ese señor es un viejo verdeThat man is a dirty old man
Mi tío siempre cuenta chistes verdes en las cenas familiaresMy uncle always tells dirty jokes at family dinners