amarelo
GalicianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese amarelo (“yellow”), from Late Latin amārellus (“yellowish, pale”), diminutive of Latin amārus (“bitter, sour”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
amarelo m (feminine singular amarela, masculine plural amarelos, feminine plural amarelas)
- yellow (colour)
- 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
- 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
- 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:
- dark blonde; golden
Derived termsEdit
NounEdit
amarelo m (plural amarelos)
See alsoEdit
branco | gris | negro |
vermello; carmín | laranxa; castaño, marrón | amarelo; crema |
verde lima | verde | menta; verde escuro |
ciano; azul verdoso | cerúleo | azul |
violeta; anil | maxenta; púrpura | rosa |
ReferencesEdit
- “amarelo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “amarel” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “amarelo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “amarelo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “amarelo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Old PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Late Latin amārellus (“yellowish, pale”), diminutive of Latin amārus (“bitter, sour”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
amarelo m (plural amarelos, feminine amarela, feminine plural amarelas)
- yellow
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 367 (facsimile):
- […] os coiros delas ſe fendiã / e agua amarela en saya.
- […] their skin split / and yellow fluid came out.
- […] os coiros delas ſe fendiã / e agua amarela en saya.
DescendantsEdit
See alsoEdit
branco, blanco, alvo | gris | negro, preto |
vermello | castanho | amarelo |
verde | ||
azur | ||
cardẽo | rosa |
PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: a‧ma‧re‧lo
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Portuguese amarelo (“yellow”), from Late Latin amārellus (“yellowish, pale”), diminutive of Latin amārus (“bitter, sour”). Compare Galician amarelo, Mirandese amarielho, Spanish amarillo.
AdjectiveEdit
amarelo (feminine amarela, masculine plural amarelos, feminine plural amarelas, comparable, comparative mais amarelo, superlative o mais amarelo or amarelíssimo, diminutive amarelinho)
- yellow in colour
- Synonym: amarelado (but often suggesting partial yellowness)
- (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
- (of a smile) wry; forced; unnatural
NounEdit
amarelo m (plural amarelos)
- yellow (the colour)
- (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
- (historical, syndicalism) a member of syndicalist movements that sought government assistance
- (rare) egg yolk (the yellow part of the egg)
- Synonym: gema
- (heraldry) or
Alternative formsEdit
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
amarelo
See alsoEdit
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 claro | |
ciano, turquesa; azul-petróleo |
azul céu, azul-celeste |
azul,índigo, anil |
violeta, lilás |
magenta; roxo, púrpura | rosa, cor-de-rosa, rosa-choque |
ReferencesEdit
- “amarelo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
- “amarelo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.