amarelo

Galician

Alternative forms

• marelo

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese amarelo (“yellow”), from Late Latin amārellus (“yellowish, pale”), diminutive of Latin amārus (“bitter, sour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amaˈɾɛlo̝/

Adjective

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

1. 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

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
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 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.

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin amārellus (“yellowish, pale”), diminutive of Latin amārus (“bitter, sour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amaˈɾɛlo/

Adjective

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

1. 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.

Descendants

• Galician: amarelo
• Portuguese: amarelo

See also

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

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

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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/

• Hyphenation: a‧ma‧re‧lo

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese amarelo (“yellow”), from Late Latin amārellus (“yellowish, pale”), diminutive of Latin amārus (“bitter, sour”). 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

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-banana
• amarelo-canário
• amarelo de antimónio
• amarelo de Nápoles
• amarelo-limão
• amarelo-mostarda
• cartão amarelo
• ipê-amarelo
• Mar 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 claro
ciano, turquesa; azul-petróleo	azul céu, azul-celeste	azul,índigo, anil
violeta, lilás	magenta; roxo, púrpura	rosa, cor-de-rosa, rosa-choque

References

• “amarelo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
• “amarelo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.