amargo
Asturian
Adjective
amargo
- neuter of amargu
Catalan
Verb
amargo
- first-person singular present indicative form of amargar
Galician
Etymology
From Old Portuguese amaro (“bitter”) (from Latin amārus), modified by influence from the verb amargar. Compare Portuguese amargo, Spanish amargo.
Adjective
amargo m (feminine singular amarga, masculine plural amargos, feminine plural amargas)
- bitter
Related terms
- amargar
- amarelo
Further reading
- “amargo” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Javanese
Conjunction
amargo
- Nonstandard spelling of amarga.
Ladino
Etymology
Akin to Spanish amargo.
Adjective
amargo (Latin spelling, feminine amarga, masculine plural amargos, feminine plural amargas)
- bitter
Related terms
- amargar
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- amaro
Etymology
From Old Portuguese amaro (“bitter”) (from Latin amārus), modified by influence from the verb amargar. Compare Galician and Spanish amargo.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈmaʁ.ɡu/ [aˈmaɦ.ɡu]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /aˈmaɾ.ɡu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /aˈmaʁ.ɡu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈmaɻ.ɡo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈmaɾ.ɡu/ [ɐˈmaɾ.ɣu]
- Hyphenation: a‧mar‧go
Adjective
amargo (feminine amarga, masculine plural amargos, feminine plural amargas)
- referring to an unpleasant taste
- bitter, acrid
- with little or no sugar
- acid, spicy
- (figurative) sad, gloomy, sorrowful
- (figurative) rigid, strict, intolerant
- (figurative) resentful
Related terms
- amargar
- amargor
- amargoso
- amargura
- amarelo
Further reading
- “amargo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈmaɾɡo/ [aˈmaɾ.ɣ̞o]
- Rhymes: -aɾɡo
- Syllabification: a‧mar‧go
Etymology 1
From Old Spanish amaro (“bitter”) (from Latin amārus), modified by influence from the verb amargar.[1]
Adjective
amargo (feminine amarga, masculine plural amargos, feminine plural amargas)
- bitter, sour (having an acrid taste)
Derived terms
- amarguísimo
- amargamente
- trago amargo
Descendants
- → Sardinian: amargu
Noun
amargo m (plural amargos)
- bitterness
- Synonym: amargura
Related terms
- amargar
- amargado
- amargura
- amarillo
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
amargo
- first-person singular present indicative of amargar
References
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “amargo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 233
Further reading
- “amargo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014