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Etymology

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

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

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

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Noun

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amarelo m (plural amarelos)

  1. yellow

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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

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Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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

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Adjective

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

  1. yellow
    • [] 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

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  • Galician: amarelo, marelo
  • Portuguese: amarelo

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Colors in Old Galician-Portuguese · coores, colores (layout · text)
     branco, blanco, alvo      gris      negro, preto
             vermelho              castanho              amarelo
                          verde             
                                       azur
                          cardẽo              rosa

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Portuguese

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amarelos

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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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

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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

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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
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Verb

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amarelo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of amarelar

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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-celeste              azul, índigo, anil
             violeta,
lilás
             magenta; roxo, púrpura              rosa,
cor-de-rosa, rosa-choque

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