amarelo

Galician

Alternative forms

• marelo

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese amarelo (“yellow”), from Early Medieval Latin amārellus (“yellowish, pale”), derived from Latin amārus (“bitter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amaˈɾɛlo/ [ɐ.mɐˈɾɛ.lʊ]
• Rhymes: -ɛlo
• Hyphenation: a‧ma‧re‧lo

Adjective

amarelo (feminine amarela, masculine plural amarelos, feminine plural amarelas)

1. yellow (colour)
2. dark blonde; golden

Derived terms

• Amarela

Noun

amarelo m (plural amarelos)

1. yellow

See also

Colors in Galician · cores (layout · text)

branco	gris	negro, preto
vermello; carmín	laranxa; castaño, marrón	amarelo; crema
verde lima	verde	menta; verde escuro
ciano; azul verdoso	cerúleo	azul
violeta; anil	maxenta; púrpura	rosa

References

• “amarelo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “amarelo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “amarelo” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “amarelo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “amarelo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Early Medieval Latin amārellus (“yellowish, pale”), derived from Latin amārus (“bitter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amaˈɾɛlo/

Adjective

amarelo m (plural amarelos, feminine amarela, feminine plural amarelas)

1. yellow
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 367 (facsimile):

     […] os coiros delas ſe fendiã / e agua amarela en saya.

     […] their skin split / and yellow fluid came out.

   • 1326, M. Lucas Alvarez & M. J. Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 64:

     Et vendemusuos o dito casal et herdade con pobrança de çinquo armentios, conuen a saber: huun boy ruuyo et outro boy amarello ruuyo, et huna vaca laura roxa et outra ruuya ruuyalua roxa, et outra sua filia de tal collor

     We sell you the aforementioned farm and property populated by five heads of cattle, which are: a reddish ox and another yellow reddish ox, and a dark red cow and another one reddish red, and her daughter of the same color

Descendants

• Galician: amarelo, marelo
• Portuguese: amarelo

See also

Colors in Old Galician-Portuguese · coores, colores (layout · text)

branco, blanco, alvo	gris	negro, preto
vermelho	castanho	amarelo
	verde
		azur
	cardẽo	rosa

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “amarelo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “amarel”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

amarelos

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.maˈɾɛ.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.maˈɾɛ.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.maˈɾɛ.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.mɐˈɾɛ.lu/

• Rhymes: -ɛlu
• Hyphenation: a‧ma‧re‧lo

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese amarelo (“yellow”), from Early Medieval Latin amārellus (“yellowish, pale”), derived from Latin amārus (“bitter”). Compare Galician amarelo, Mirandese amarielho, Spanish amarillo.

Adjective

amarelo (feminine amarela, masculine plural amarelos, feminine plural amarelas, comparable, comparative mais amarelo, superlative o mais amarelo or amarelíssimo, diminutive amarelinho)

1. yellow in colour

   Synonym: amarelado (but often suggesting partial yellowness)

2. (dated, of a person) Oriental (of East Asian descent)

   Synonyms: oriental, (more generic, but usually refers to East Asians rather than other peoples of Asia) asiático, (obsolete, now offensive) mongoloide

3. (of a smile) wry; forced; unnatural
   • 2022, “a cor púrpura”, performed by Djonga:

     Uma pessoa me tocou sem eu querer / E ainda me convenceu que eu gostava / Molhou com seu suor minha pele infantil / E secou minhas lágrimas sempre que eu chorava / É, numa tarde chuvosa tudo começou / Um sorriso amarelo sempre que acabava

     Someone touched me without my consent / And even convinced me that I liked it / They wet my infantile skin with their sweat / And dried my tears whenever I cried / Eh, on a rainy afternoon everything began / A wry smile whenever it ended

Noun

amarelo m (plural amarelos)

1. yellow (the colour)
2. (dated) Oriental (a person of East Asian descent)

   Synonyms: oriental, (more generic, but usually refers to East Asians rather than other peoples of Asia) asiático, (obsolete, now offensive) mongoloide

3. (historical, syndicalism) a member of syndicalist movements that sought government assistance
4. (rare) egg yolk (the yellow part of the egg)

   Synonym: gema

5. (heraldry) or

Alternative forms

• amarello (obsolete)
• marelo

Derived terms

• amarelado
• amarelão
• amarelar
• amarelecer
• amarelinha
• amarelo de antimónio
• amarelo de Nápoles
• amarelo-banana
• amarelo-canário
• amarelo-limão
• amarelo-mostarda
• cartão amarelo
• ipê-amarelo
• Mar Amarelo
• Setembro Amarelo
• sorriso amarelo
• verde e amarelo

Related terms

• amaro
• amargo

Etymology 2

Verb

amarelo

1. first-person singular present indicative of amarelar

See also

Colors in Portuguese · cores (layout · text)

branco, alvo, cândido	cinza, gris, cinzento	preto, negro, atro
vermelho, encarnado, rubro, salmão; carmim	laranja, cor de laranja; castanho, marrom	amarelo, lúteo; creme, ocre
verde-limão	verde	verde-água; verde-menta
ciano, turquesa; azul-petróleo	azul-bebê, azul-celeste	azul, índigo, anil
violeta, lilás	magenta; roxo, púrpura	rosa, cor-de-rosa, rosa-choque

References

• “amarelo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “amarelo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025