amarillento
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /amaɾiˈʝento/ [a.ma.ɾiˈʝẽn̪.t̪o] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /amaɾiˈʎento/ [a.ma.ɾiˈʎẽn̪.t̪o] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /amaɾiˈʃento/ [a.ma.ɾiˈʃẽn̪.t̪o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /amaɾiˈʒento/ [a.ma.ɾiˈʒẽn̪.t̪o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -ento
- Syllabification: a‧ma‧ri‧llen‧to
Adjective
amarillento (feminine amarillenta, masculine plural amarillentos, feminine plural amarillentas)
- yellowish
- Synonym: amarillejo
Further reading
- “amarillento”, 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