amareco

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Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From amara +‎ -eco.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [amarˈet͡so]
  • Audio:
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  • Rhymes: -et͡so
  • Hyphenation: a‧mar‧e‧co

Noun[edit]

amareco (uncountable, accusative amarecon)

  1. bitterness (literal and figurative senses)
    • Simono Pejno (translator), “Revon havas mi” (“I Have a Dream”), speech given by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963,
      Ni ne strebu satigi nian soifon je libero per trinkado el la pokalo de amareco kaj malamo.
      Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.
    Synonym: amaro