amarillo

== Chavacano == === Etymology === Inherited from Spanish amarillo (“yellow”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /amaˈɾiʎo/, [a.maˈɾi.ʎo] Hyphenation: a‧ma‧ri‧llo === Noun === amarillo yellow (color) === Adjective === amarillo yellow (color) == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish amariello, from Late Latin amarellus, from Latin amarus (“bitter, sour”), probably connected to the yellowish colour of bile; or from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭭𐭡𐭫 (ʾnbl /⁠ambar⁠/, “ambergris”). === Pronunciation === Syllabification: a‧ma‧ri‧llo === Adjective === amarillo (feminine amarilla, masculine plural amarillos, feminine plural amarillas) yellow or golden (colour) (heraldry) or (colour on a coat of arms) Synonym: oro ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === amarillo m (plural amarillos) yellow (colloquial) whitey (British: sickness, especially when induced by cannabis use) ==== Related terms ==== === Verb === amarillo first-person singular present indicative of amarillar === Descendants === → Cebuano: amarilyo English: Amarillo → Tagalog: amarilyo === See also === === Further reading === “amarillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025