verdura
vegetable
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The green stuff you eat
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Verdura means vegetable and is the Spanish word verde0 turned into a noun, so a vegetable is literally "the green stuff."
verdura
vegetable, greens
Used for the vegetables you eat, especially leafy green ones.
Mi hijo no quiere comer verdurasMy son doesn't want to eat vegetables
Pedí pollo con verduras al vaporI ordered chicken with steamed greens
greenness, greenery (formal)
Used to talk about how green a place is, or the green plants covering it.
Después de las lluvias, sorprende la verdura de los camposAfter the rains, the greenness of the fields is striking
Nos sentamos a la sombra, rodeados por la verdura del jardínWe sat in the shade, surrounded by the greenery of the garden