amarillo

See also: Amarillo

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish amariello, from Late Latin amarellus, from Latin amarus (“bitter, sour”), probably connected to the yellowish colour of bile.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /amaˈɾiʝo/ [a.maˈɾi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /amaˈɾiʝo/ [a.maˈɾi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /amaˈɾiʎo/ [a.maˈɾi.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /amaˈɾiʃo/ [a.maˈɾi.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /amaˈɾiʒo/ [a.maˈɾi.ʒo]

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• Rhymes: -iʝo

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝo
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎo
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃo
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒo

• Syllabification: a‧ma‧ri‧llo

Adjective

amarillo (feminine amarilla, masculine plural amarillos, feminine plural amarillas)

1. yellow or golden coloured
2. (heraldry) or

   Synonym: oro

Derived terms

• amarillar
• amarillear
• amarillecer
• amarillejo
• amarillento
• amarillez
• amarillor
• amarilloso
• amarillura
• fiebre amarilla
• noticias amarillas
• páginas amarillas
• prensa amarilla
• tarjeta amarilla

 

Noun

amarillo m (plural amarillos)

1. yellow
2. (colloquial) whitey (a state or bout of sickness, especially induced by cannabis use)

Related terms

• amargo

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: amarilyo
• English: Amarillo
• → Tagalog: amarilyo

See also

Colors in Spanish · colores (layout · text)

blanco	gris	negro
rojo; carmín, carmesí	naranja, anaranjado; marrón	amarillo; crema
lima	verde	menta
cian, turquesa; azul-petróleo	celeste, cerúleo	azul
violeta; añil, índigo	magenta; morado, púrpura	rosa

Further reading

• “amarillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014