primavera

¹

[ pree-muh-vair-uh ]

noun

1. a central American tree, Cybistax donnell-smithii, of the bignonia family, having showy, tubular yellow flowers.
2. Also called white mahogany. the hard, yellowish-white wood of this tree, used for making furniture.

primavera

²

[ pree-muh-vair-uh; Italian pree-mah-ve-rah ]

adjective

, Italian Cooking.

1. prepared with a variety of chopped or minced vegetables:

   pasta primavera.

Word History and Origins

Origin of primavera¹

1890–95; < Spanish: literally, spring; so called from its early flowering; primaveral

Origin of primavera²

Apparently ellipsis from Italian alla primavera in the style of springtime; primaveral

Example Sentences

Primavera Baltazar, who is incarcerated in Texas for an unrelated case, alleged that in the early 1990s Batanero and another deputy — former Sheriff Alex Villanueva — pulled up on a group of teens in Belvedere Park and assaulted them for loitering, one of them allegedly kicking a pregnant teen in the process.

From Los Angeles Times

He moved to a software firm called Primavera which he helped build up, and made his first millions after it was sold to Oracle: he had taken an equity stake.

From BBC

In June 2022, she cancelled a performance at Spain's Primavera Festival due to "partial hearing loss", and later revealed she had lost 80% of the hearing in her right ear.

From BBC

On the homepage today is a picture of the Home Chef shrimp campanelle primavera someone made last night, a question about what meal kits are “reliable,” a few people griping about the amount of calories in Factor meals and a complaint from a Marley Spoon customer saying that they didn’t receive recipe cards in their latest box.

From Salon

She had been scheduled to appear at the Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona in May and London's Mighty Hoopla festival in June.

From BBC