amargo
Portuguese
/ɐ.ˈmaɾ.ɣu/
adj
Definitions
- referring to an unpleasant taste
- (figurative) sad, gloomy, sorrowful
- (figurative) rigid, strict, intolerant
- (figurative) resentful
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese amargo inherited from Latin *amāricus, amārus (bitter, pungent) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₃m-, *h₃em- (bitter, raw).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂eh₃m-, *h₃em-
Gloss
bitter, raw
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
- *(a)māricōsus Latin
- *amāricus Latin
- amarico Latin
- amaritas Latin
- amarities Latin
- amaror Latin
- amarulentus Latin
- amārellus Latin
- amāricāre Latin
- amāritūdō Latin
- amārus Latin
- dulcamarus Latin
- amaretto Italian
- amaro Italian
- marasca Italian
- amargo Spanish, Castilian
- μαρούλιον Ancient Greek
- *h₂eh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eh₃m-, *h₃em- Proto-Indo-European
- amargor Portuguese
- amargoso Portuguese
- amargura Portuguese
- amer Old French
- amarg Catalan, Valencian
- amargo Galician
- amar Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- amargo Old Portuguese
- amar Aromanian
- amar Occitan
- amargu Asturian
- amar Friulian
- amâr Friulian
- amaru Sicilian