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erva.

herb

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɛʁ.vɐ/Brazil[ˈɛɦ.vɐ]Brazil/ˈɛɾ.vɐ/São-Paulo/ˈɛʁ.vɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. herb

    feminine
  2. herb yerba mate

    South-Brazil · colloquial · feminine
  3. grass

    feminine
  4. weed

    feminine
  5. weed marijuana

    feminine · slang
Where this word comes from

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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