verde — meaning in English

English meaning

• callow adj Young and lacking experience of life.
• green adj Having the colour of growing grass or leaves.
• unripe adj Happening or arriving before the right time.

Senses

verde is used for these senses in English:

• callow (figurative) Lacking life experience; immature, inexperienced, naive; also, of or relating to something immature or inexperienced.

callow — full definition

1. adj Young and lacking experience of life.
2. adj (archaic) Without any hair; bald.
3. adj (of a brick) Not yet fired in a kiln.
4. adj Describes a young bird that has not grown its feathers yet, or, more widely, a young animal still without fur.

green — full definition

1. adj Having the colour of growing grass or leaves.
2. adj Inexperienced or naive.
3. adj Concerned with protecting the environment.
4. noun The colour itself, or an area of grass, especially on a golf course.
5. verb To make something more environmentally friendly.

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