Galician

Alternative forms

• marelo

Adjective

amarelo m (feminine singular amarela, masculine plural amarelos, feminine plural amarelas)

1. yellow (colour)

See also

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin amarellus, diminutive of amarus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amaˈɾɛlo/

Adjective

amarelo m ‎(plural amarelos, feminine amarela, feminine plural amarelas)

1. yellow
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 367 (facsimile):

     […] os coiros delas ſe fendiã / e agua amarela en saya.

     […] their skin split / and yellow fluid came out.

Descendants

• Galician: amarelo
• Portuguese: amarelo

See also

Portuguese

amarelo

Etymology

From Old Portuguese amarelo ‎(“yellow”), from Late Latin amarellus, diminutive of amarus ‎(“bitter, sour”).

Cognate with Galician amarelo, Mirandese amarielho, Asturian and Leonese amariellu, Spanish amarillo and Aragonese amariello.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.mɐ.ˈɾɛ.lu/
• Hyphenation: a‧ma‧re‧lo

Adjective

amarelo m ‎(feminine singular amarela, masculine plural amarelos, feminine plural amarelas, comparable)

1. yellow
2. (of a smile) wry; forced

Inflection

Noun

amarelo m (plural amarelos)

1. yellow
2. (heraldry) or

Related terms

See also