morado

/moˈɾado/ · B2 · adj

purple

🍇 morado = mora (mulberry/blackberry) + -ado, the color of a ripe berry

Spanish mora means mulberry or blackberry. Add the -ado adjective ending and you get morado: berry-colored, so purple. A bruise is also called a morado because of its purple-blue tint.

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