amarg

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan amar (“bitter”) (from Latin amārus), modified by influence from the verb amargar. Compare Spanish amargo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈmark]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈmaɾk]

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾk

Adjective

amarg (feminine amarga, masculine plural amargs, feminine plural amargues)

1. bitter (acrid taste)

Derived terms

• amargament
• amargar
• amargor
• amarguejar
• amarguesa
• amargura
• cogombre amarg

Further reading

• “amarg”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “amarg”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “amarg” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.