amarelo
Portuguese
/ɐ.mɐ.ˈɾɛ.lu/, /ɐ.ma.ˈɾɛ.lu/
adj
Definitions
- yellow in colour
- (dated) Oriental of East Asian descent
- (of a smile) wry; forced; unnatural
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese amarelo (yellow) inherited from Latin amarellus, amarus (bitter, sour).
Origin
Latin
amarus
Gloss
bitter, sour
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
辣
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- amarellus Latin
- amaresco Latin
- amarus Latin
- subamarus Latin
- amaretto Italian
- amarillo Spanish, Castilian
- *h₂eh₃mós, *h₂eh₃m-, *h₃em- Proto-Indo-European
- amarelar Portuguese
- amarelento Portuguese
- amarelão Portuguese
- amarelo Galician
- amareloto Galician
- marelo Galician
- amarelo Old Portuguese
- mariellu Asturian
- amariello Old Spanish
- amarelhu Kabuverdianu
- marélu Kabuverdianu
- amarelu Guinea-Bissau Creole
- amarielho Mirandese