primavera

Meaning

1. (feminine) spring (the season)
2. (feminine,figuratively) spring (a period of political liberalization and democratization)

Hyphenated as

pri‧ma‧ve‧ra

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɾi.maˈvɛ.ɾɐ/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese primavera (“early spring”), from Late Latin prīma vēra, from Latin prīmus (“first”) + vēr (“spring”). Compare Italian and Spanish primavera, Romanian primăvară.

Sentences

A semente é necessária para plantar o milho da primavera .

Seed is needed to plant spring corn.

Ele parecia viver em uma eterna primavera atrás do balcão da taverna .

He seemed to live in an eternal spring behind the tavern counter.