vermelhas

Vermelhas is the feminine plural form of the Portuguese adjective vermelho/vermelha, meaning red. It is used to describe feminine nouns or feminine noun phrases, and can also function as a nominal phrase meaning “the red ones” when the noun is understood from context. The masculine parallel forms are vermelho (singular) and vermelhos (plural).

The word vermelho derives from older color terms in Romance languages, with vermelhas following the standard feminine ending -a and plural -as in Portuguese. The color term is part of a broader set of color adjectives that agree with gender and number in noun phrases.

In ordinary language, vermelhas modifies nouns such as flores vermelhas (red flowers), roupas vermelhas (red clothes), and paredes vermelhas (red walls). As a standalone phrase, “as vermelhas” may reference red feminine items already mentioned or understood from context. In written Portuguese, adjectives like vermelhas can appear in headlines or descriptive text where brevity is preferred, with the noun often implied.

Grammatical notes: In Portuguese, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in gender and number. Vermelha is feminine singular; vermelhas is feminine plural. The corresponding masculine forms are vermelho and vermelhos. When used predicatively, you would say “as paredes são vermelhas.”

See also: Vermelho, Cor (color), Adjective agreement (Portuguese grammar).