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amargo

See also: amargó

Asturian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /aˈmaɾɡo/, [aˈmaɾ.ɣ̞o]
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Adjective edit

amargo

  1. neuter of amargu

Catalan edit

Verb edit

amargo

  1. first-person singular present indicative form of amargar

Galician edit

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese amaro (“bitter”) (from Latin amārus), modified by influence from the verb amargar. Compare Portuguese amargo, Spanish amargo.

Adjective edit

amargo (feminine amarga, masculine plural amargos, feminine plural amargas)

  1. bitter

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Further reading edit

Javanese edit

Conjunction edit

amargo

  1. Nonstandard spelling of amarga.

Ladino edit

Etymology edit

Akin to Spanish amargo.

Adjective edit

amargo (Latin spelling, feminine amarga, masculine plural amargos, feminine plural amargas)

  1. bitter

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Portuguese edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese amaro (“bitter”) (from Latin amārus), modified by influence from the verb amargar. Compare Galician and Spanish amargo.

Pronunciation edit

 

  • Hyphenation: a‧mar‧go

Adjective edit

amargo (feminine amarga, masculine plural amargos, feminine plural amargas)

  1. referring to an unpleasant taste
    1. bitter, acrid
    2. with little or no sugar
    3. acid, spicy
  2. (figurative) sad, gloomy, sorrowful
  3. (figurative) rigid, strict, intolerant
  4. (figurative) resentful

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Further reading edit

  • “amargo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /aˈmaɾɡo/ [aˈmaɾ.ɣ̞o]
  • Rhymes: -aɾɡo
  • Syllabification: a‧mar‧go

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Spanish amaro (“bitter”) (from Latin amārus), modified by influence from the verb amargar.[1] Compare with English amaroid.

Adjective edit

amargo (feminine amarga, masculine plural amargos, feminine plural amargas)

  1. bitter, sour (having an acrid taste)
    Synonym: agrio
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Descendants edit
  • → Sardinian: amargu

Noun edit

amargo m (plural amargos)

  1. bitterness
    Synonym: amargura
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Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

amargo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of amargar

References edit

  1. ^ Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “amargo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 233

Further reading edit

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