amarelo
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese amarelo (“yellow”), from Late Latin amarellus, diminutive of Latin amarus (“bitter, sour”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /amaˈɾɛlo̝/
Adjective
amarelo m (feminine singular amarela, masculine plural amarelos, feminine plural amarelas)
- yellow (colour)
- 1326, M. Lucas Alvarez & M. J. Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 64:
- Et vendemusuos o dito casal et herdade con pobrança de çinquo armentios, conuen a saber: huun boy ruuyo et outro boy amarello ruuyo, et huna vaca laura roxa et outra ruuya ruuyalua roxa, et outra sua filia de tal collor
- We sell you the aforementioned farm and property populated by five heads of cattle, which are: a reddish ox and another yellow reddish ox, and a dark red cow and another one reddish red, and her daughter of the same color
- Et vendemusuos o dito casal et herdade con pobrança de çinquo armentios, conuen a saber: huun boy ruuyo et outro boy amarello ruuyo, et huna vaca laura roxa et outra ruuya ruuyalua roxa, et outra sua filia de tal collor
- 1326, M. Lucas Alvarez & M. J. Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 64:
- dark blonde; golden
See also
Colors in Galician · cores (layout · text) | ||||
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branco | gris | negro | ||
vermello; carmín | laranxa; castaño, marrón | amarelo; crema | ||
verde lima | verde | menta; verde escuro | ||
ciano; azul verdoso | cerúleo | azul | ||
violeta; anil | maxenta; púrpura | rosa |
References
- “amarelo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “amarel” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “amarelo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “amarelo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “amarelo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Old Portuguese
Etymology
From Late Latin amarellus, diminutive of Latin amarus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /amaˈɾɛlo/
Adjective
amarelo m (plural amarelos, feminine amarela, feminine plural amarelas)
- 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.
- […] os coiros delas ſe fendiã / e agua amarela en saya.
- 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 367 (facsimile):
Portuguese

amarelos
Etymology
From Old Portuguese amarelo (“yellow”), from Late Latin amarellus, diminutive of Latin amarus (“bitter, sour”).
Cognate with Galician amarelo, Mirandese amarielho, Asturian and Leonese amariellu, Spanish amarillo and Aragonese amariello.
Pronunciation
Adjective
amarelo m (feminine singular amarela, masculine plural amarelos, feminine plural amarelas, comparable)
- yellow in colour
- Synonym: amarelado (but often suggesting partial yellowness)
- (dated, of a person) Oriental (of East Asian descent)
- Synonyms: oriental; asiático (more generic, but usually refers to East Asians rather than other peoples of Asia); mongoloide (obsolete, now offensive)
- (of a smile) wry; forced; unnatural
Inflection
Inflection of amarelo
singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | |
positive | amarelo | amarela | amarelos | amarelas |
comparative | mais amarelo | mais amarela | mais amarelos | mais amarelas |
superlative | o mais amarelo amarelíssimo |
a mais amarela amarelíssima |
os mais amarelos amarelíssimos |
as mais amarelas amarelíssimas |
augmentative | — | — | — | — |
diminutive | amarelinho | amarelinha | amarelinhos | amarelinhas |
Noun
amarelo m (plural amarelos)
- yellow (the colour)
- (dated) Oriental (a person of East Asian descent)
- Synonyms: oriental; asiático (more generic, but usually refers to East Asians rather than other peoples of Asia); mongoloide (obsolete, now offensive)
- (historical, syndicalism) a member of syndicalist movements that sought government assistance
- (rare) egg yolk (the yellow part of the egg)
- Synonym: gema
- (heraldry) or
Alternative forms
- amarello (obsolete)
- marelo
Derived terms
See also
Colors in Portuguese · cores (layout · text) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
branco | cinza, cinzento |
preto | ||
vermelho, encarnado; carmim |
laranja, cor-de-laranja; castanho, marrom |
amarelo; creme | ||
verde-limão | verde | |||
ciano; azul-petróleo | azul céu, azul-celeste |
azul | ||
violeta; índigo, anil |
magenta; roxo | rosa, cor-de-rosa |
References
- “amarelo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
- “amarelo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. [em linha]. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003-2019.
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