amargo

See also: amargó

Catalan

Verb

amargo

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese amargo, from Vulgar Latin *amāricus, from Latin amārus (“bitter”).

Adjective

amargo (feminine amarga, masculine plural amargos, feminine plural amargas)

1. bitter

Related terms

• amargar
• amarelo

Further reading

• “amargo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

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Ladino

Adjective

1. bitter

Related terms

• amargar

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• amaro

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese amargo, from Vulgar Latin *amāricus, from Latin amārus (“bitter”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃em-, *h₂eh₃m- (“bitter, raw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐ.ˈmaɾ.ɣu/
• Hyphenation: a‧mar‧go

Adjective

1. referring to an unpleasant taste
   1. bitter, acrid
   2. with little or no sugar
   3. acid, spicy
2. (figurative) sad, gloomy, sorrowful
3. (figurative) rigid, strict, intolerant
4. (figurative) resentful

Related terms

• amargoso
• amargura
• amarelo

Further reading

• Template:R:DAN

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmaɾɡo/ [aˈmaɾ.ɣ̞o]
• Hyphenation: a‧mar‧go

Etymology 1

From Latin amārus (“bitter”), either through a Vulgar Latin root *amāricus or influenced by amargar. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃em-, *h₂eh₃m- (“bitter, raw”). Compare English morello.

Adjective

amargo (feminine amarga, masculine plural amargos, feminine plural amargas)

1. bitter, sour (having an acrid taste)

Derived terms

• amarguísimo
• amargamente

Noun

amargo m (plural amargos)

1. bitterness

   Synonym: amargura

2. sign (warning) (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Related terms

• amargar
• amargado
• amargura
• amarillo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

amargo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of amargar.

Further reading

• “amargo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28