amargar
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Late Latin amāricāre, derived from Latin amārus (“bitter”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
amargar (first-person singular present amargo, first-person singular preterite amarguí, past participle amargat)
- (intransitive) to have a bitter taste
- 1950, Josep Pla, Bodegó amb peixos:
- El moixó és un peix petit, que menja la vegetació del litoral i amarga una mica; té el gust una mica acre de les pastures assolellades.
- The big-scale sand smelt is a small fish which eats littoral vegetation and tastes a little bitter; it has the slightly acrid flavour of sunny pastures.
- (transitive) to make bitter or sour
- (transitive, figurative) to embitter, to sour, to spoil
- 1963, Àngel Sánchez Gozalbo, Els Viciana i la nostra literatura:
- Amargada i afligida per la soptada mort del fill fadrí, Jaume de Viciana, la vídua de Rampston s'arrecera al costat de la filla casada Àngela i se'n va a València, no sense abans vendre el propi patrimoni i l'heretat del vincle a Castelló i Borriana.
- Embittered and afflicted by the sudden death of her unmarried son, Jaume de Viciana, Rampston's widow took shelter at the side of her married daughter Àngela and went to Valencia, not without first selling her own inheritance and that held in security to Castelló i Borriana.
Conjugation edit
infinitive | amargar | ||||||
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gerund | amargant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | amargat | amargada | |||||
plural | amargats | amargades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | amargo | amargues | amarga | amarguem | amargueu | amarguen | |
imperfect | amargava | amargaves | amargava | amargàvem | amargàveu | amargaven | |
future | amargaré | amargaràs | amargarà | amargarem | amargareu | amargaran | |
preterite | amarguí | amargares | amargà | amargàrem | amargàreu | amargaren | |
conditional | amargaria | amargaries | amargaria | amargaríem | amargaríeu | amargarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | amargui | amarguis | amargui | amarguem | amargueu | amarguin | |
imperfect | amargués | amarguessis | amargués | amarguéssim | amarguéssiu | amarguessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | amarga | amargui | amarguem | amargueu | amarguin | |
negative (no) | — | no amarguis | no amargui | no amarguem | no amargueu | no amarguin |
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “amargar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Ladino edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin amāricāre, derived from Latin amārus (“bitter”).
Verb edit
amargar (Latin spelling)
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Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin amāricāre, derived from Latin amārus (“bitter”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
amargar (first-person singular present amargo, first-person singular preterite amarguei, past participle amargado)
- to embitter (to cause to have an acrid taste)
- (figurative) to cause sorrow or grief
- Synonym: amargurar
- Antonym: desamargar
- (figurative) to wallow in sorrow or grief
Conjugation edit
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:amargar.
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Further reading edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Late Latin amāricāre, derived from Latin amārus (“bitter”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
amargar (first-person singular present amargo, first-person singular preterite amargué, past participle amargado)
- (transitive) to make bitter; embitter
- (reflexive) to go bitter, get bitter
Conjugation edit
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “amargar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014