amarelinha

== Portuguese == === Etymology === The child's game sense is probably from French marelle (“hopscotch”), later reinterpreted as having to do with amarelo (“yellow”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: a‧ma‧re‧li‧nha === Noun === amarelinha f (plural amarelinhas) (Brazil) hopscotch (child’s game) Synonyms: (Portugal) macaca, (Mozambique) neca === Adjective === amarelinha feminine singular of amarelinho === Further reading === “amarelinha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “amarelinha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026