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amarelo.

yellow in colour

7 characters4 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

adj/a.maˈɾɛ.lu/Brazil/ɐ.mɐˈɾɛ.lu/Portugal

  1. yellow in colour

    comparable

  2. Oriental (of East Asian descent)

    comparable · proscribed

  3. wry; forced; unnatural

    comparable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₃mósder. Latin amārus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Early Medieval Latin amārellus Old Galician-Portuguese amarelo Portuguese amarelo Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese amarelo (“yellow”), from Early Medieval Latin amārellus (“yellowish, pale”). Compare Galician amarelo, Fala amarelu, Mirandese amarielho, Spanish amarillo.

noun/a.maˈɾɛ.lu/Brazil/ɐ.mɐˈɾɛ.lu/Portugal

  1. yellow (the colour)

    masculine

  2. Oriental (a person of East Asian descent)

    dated · masculine

  3. a member of syndicalist movements that sought government assistance

    historical · masculine

  4. egg yolk (the yellow part of the egg)

    masculine · rare

  5. or

    masculine

  6. ellipsis of cartão amarelo (“yellow card”)

    Brazil · abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₃mósder. Latin amārus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Early Medieval Latin amārellus Old Galician-Portuguese amarelo Portuguese amarelo Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese amarelo (“yellow”), from Early Medieval Latin amārellus (“yellowish, pale”). Compare Galician amarelo, Fala amarelu, Mirandese amarielho, Spanish amarillo.

verb/a.maˈɾɛ.lu/Brazil/ɐ.mɐˈɾɛ.lu/Portugal

  1. first-person singular present indicative of amarelar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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