florido

See also: Florido

Galician

Alternative forms

• frolido, frorido

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-der.

Proto-Italic *flōs

Latin flos

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yetider.

Proto-Italic *-ēō

Latin -eo

Latin flōreō

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Latin -idus

Medieval Latin flōriduslbor.

Old Galician-Portuguese frolido

Galician florido

From Old Galician-Portuguese frolido, from Latin flōridus. Doublet of chorido.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /floˈɾido/ [floˈɾi.ð̞ʊ]
• Rhymes: -ido

Adjective

florido (feminine florida, masculine plural floridos, feminine plural floridas)

1. flowering, blooming

   Synonym: chorido

2. thriving, flourishing
3. flowery, ornate

Derived terms

• pascua florida

References

• “florido”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “florido”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “florido”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “florido”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Etymology

From Latin flōridus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɔ.ri.do/
• Rhymes: -ɔrido
• Hyphenation: flò‧ri‧do

Adjective

florido (feminine florida, masculine plural floridi, feminine plural floride, superlative floridissimo)

1. thriving, flourishing, blooming, healthy, florid

Related terms

• floridamente
• floridezza

Further reading

• florido in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• florido in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• florido in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• florido in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• flòrido in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• flòrido in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfloː.ri.doː/, [ˈfɫ̪oːrɪd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈflo.ri.do/, [ˈflɔːrid̪o]

Adjective

flōridō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of flōridus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /floˈɾi.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /floˈɾi.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /floˈɾi.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fluˈɾi.du/ [fluˈɾi.ðu]

• Rhymes: -idu
• Hyphenation: flo‧ri‧do

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-der.

Proto-Italic *flōs

Latin flos

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yetider.

Proto-Italic *-ēō

Latin -eo

Latin flōreō

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Latin -idus

Medieval Latin flōriduslbor.

Old Galician-Portuguese frolido

Portuguese florido

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese frolido, borrowed from Medieval Latin flōridus, from Latin flōreō + -idus. Doublet of Flórida.

Adjective

florido (feminine florida, masculine plural floridos, feminine plural floridas)

1. blooming; flowering (having flowers opening)
2. flowery (decorated with or abundant in flowers)
   • 1974, Jorge Ben (lyrics and music), “O homem da gravata florida” (0:08 from the start), in A Tábua de Esmeralda, Rio de Janeiro: Philips:

     Lá vem o homem / Da gravata florida / Meu Deus do céu / Que gravata mais linda

     Here comes the man with the flowery tie. What a beatiful tie.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

florido (feminine florida, masculine plural floridos, feminine plural floridas)

1. past participle of florir

References

• “florido”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “florido”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “florido”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “florido”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Past participle of obsolete florir, or from Latin flōridus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /floˈɾido/ [floˈɾi.ð̞o]

• Audio (Argentina):

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• Rhymes: -ido
• Syllabification: flo‧ri‧do

Adjective

florido (feminine florida, masculine plural floridos, feminine plural floridas)

1. flowery, ornate

Related terms

• flor
• floridez

 

Further reading

• “florido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28