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Meaning of silva | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
ˈsilba

Definitions

  1. bramble, blackberry bush
  2. forest
  3. white stripe on a horse head

Equivalents

العربية باطس شوك عليق
Български шипка
Català bardissa bruc esbarzer romeguera
Cymraeg mieri
Ελληνικά βάτος ρείκι
English Bramble forest stripe thornbush
Esperanto dornarbusto
Español brezo zarza zarzal
فارسی تلو
Gaeilge dris sceach sceacha
Gàidhlig dreas dris droigheann smeur
עברית סנה
Հայերեն փուշ
Italiano rovo spino
日本語
Latina batus ramnum rubus sentis vepres
Português espinheiro sarça
Română mărăcine rug
Slovenčina tŕnie
తెలుగు కంప క్రంప
Türkçe çalı

Examples

“vijã grande[s] lumes de candeas arder de noyte et de dia en huũ monte muy espeso de muytas aruores et siluas, a oyto mjlias de Yria”

they saw large candle fires, burning day and night, in a very close forest, of trees and bambles, eight milles from Iria

“Tente, silva; non me prendas, que n'estou n'a miña tèrra (traditional song)”

Hold yourself, bramble, don't catch me, 'cos I'm not in my country

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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