Feminine
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erva

Meaning

  1. (feminine) herb
  2. (South-Brazil, colloquial, feminine) herb
  3. (feminine) grass
  4. (feminine) weed
  5. (feminine, slang) weed

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɛʁ.vɐ/
Etymology

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese erva, from Latin herba, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow, become green”). Cognate with Galician herba and Spanish hierba.

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