amargar

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin amāricāre, present active infinitive of amāricō, from Latin amārus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.mərˈɡa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.maɾˈɣaɾ]

Verb

amargar (first-person singular present amargo, first-person singular preterite amarguí, past participle amargat)

1. to embitter

Related terms

• amarg

Further reading

• “amargar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Ladino

Verb

1. to embitter, sadden

Related terms

• amargo

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin amāricāre, present active infinitive of amāricō, from Latin amārus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.maɾ.ˈɡa(ɾ)/, /a.maɹ.ˈɡa(ɹ)/
• IPA^(key): /a.maɾ.ˈɡa(ɾ)/, /a.maɻ.ˈɡa(ɻ)/

Verb

1. to embitter (to cause to have an acrid taste)
2. (figurative) to cause sorrow or grief
3. (figurative) to wallow in sorrow or grief

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:amargar.

Synonyms

• (to cause sorrow or grief): amargurar

Antonyms

• (to cause sorrow or grief): desamargar

Related terms

• amargo
• amargor
• amargoso
• armargura

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Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin amāricāre, present active infinitive of amāricō, from Latin amārus.

Verb

1. to make bitter; embitter

Derived terms

• amargado

Related terms

• amargo

Further reading

• “amargar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014