amargo

See also: amargó

Catalan

Verb

amargo

  1. first-person singular present indicative form of amargar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese amargo, from Vulgar Latin *amāricus, from Latin amārus (bitter).

Adjective

amargo m (feminine singular amarga, masculine plural amargos, feminine plural amargas)

  1. bitter

Further reading


Ladino

Adjective

amargo m (Latin spelling)

  1. bitter

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Portuguese amargo, from Vulgar Latin *amāricus, from Latin amārus (bitter), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃em-, *h₂eh₃m- (bitter, raw).

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.ˈmaɾ.ɣu/
  • Hyphenation: a‧mar‧go

Adjective

amargo m (feminine singular amarga, masculine plural amargos, feminine plural amargas, comparable)

  1. referring to an unpleasant taste
    1. bitter, acrid
    2. with little or no sugar
    3. acid, spicy
  2. (figuratively) sad, gloomy, sorrowful
  3. (figuratively) rigid, strict, intolerant
  4. (figuratively) resentful

Further reading

  • amargo in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈmarɡo/, [aˈmarɣo]
  • Hyphenation: a‧mar‧go

Etymology 1

From Latin amārus (bitter), either through a Vulgar Latin root *amāricus or influenced by amargar. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃em-, *h₂eh₃m- (bitter, raw).

Adjective

amargo (feminine singular amarga, masculine plural amargos, feminine plural amargas)

  1. bitter, sour (having an acrid taste)
Derived terms

Noun

amargo m (plural amargos)

  1. bitterness
    Synonym: amargura
  2. sign (warning) (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

amargo

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of amargar.

Further reading

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