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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish amariello, from Late Latin amarellus, from Latin amarus (“bitter, sour”), probably connected to the yellowish colour of bile.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /amaˈɾiʝo/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /amaˈɾiʎo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /amaˈɾiʃo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /amaˈɾiʒo/
- (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝo
- (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎo
- (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃo
- (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒo
- Syllabification: a‧ma‧ri‧llo
Adjective
amarillo (feminine amarilla, masculine plural amarillos, feminine plural amarillas)
- yellow or golden coloured
- (heraldry) or
- Synonym: oro
Derived terms
Noun
amarillo m (plural amarillos)
- yellow
- (colloquial) whitey (a state or bout of sickness, especially induced by cannabis use)
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