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amarillo.

yellow or golden (colour)

8 characters4 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

adj/amaˈɾiʝo/[a.maˈɾi.ʝo]/amaˈɾiʝo/[a.maˈɾi.ʝo]
  1. yellow or golden (colour)

  2. or (colour on a coat of arms)

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Spanish amariello, from Late Latin amarellus, from Latin amarus (“bitter, sour”), probably connected to the yellowish colour of bile; or from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭭𐭡𐭫 (ʾnbl /⁠ambar⁠/, “ambergris”).

noun/amaˈɾiʝo/[a.maˈɾi.ʝo]/amaˈɾiʝo/[a.maˈɾi.ʝo]
  1. yellow

    masculine
  2. whitey (British: sickness, especially when induced by cannabis use)

    colloquial · masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Spanish amariello, from Late Latin amarellus, from Latin amarus (“bitter, sour”), probably connected to the yellowish colour of bile; or from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭭𐭡𐭫 (ʾnbl /⁠ambar⁠/, “ambergris”).

verb/amaˈɾiʝo/[a.maˈɾi.ʝo]/amaˈɾiʝo/[a.maˈɾi.ʝo]
  1. first-person singular present indicative of amarillar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Spanish amariello, from Late Latin amarellus, from Latin amarus (“bitter, sour”), probably connected to the yellowish colour of bile; or from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭭𐭡𐭫 (ʾnbl /⁠ambar⁠/, “ambergris”).

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