amarillear

Spanish

FWOTD – 23 December 2013

Etymology

From amarillo +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /amaɾiʝeˈaɾ/ [a.ma.ɾi.ʝeˈaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /amaɾiʝeˈaɾ/ [a.ma.ɾi.ʝeˈaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /amaɾiʎeˈaɾ/ [a.ma.ɾi.ʎeˈaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /amaɾiʃeˈaɾ/ [a.ma.ɾi.ʃeˈaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /amaɾiʒeˈaɾ/ [a.ma.ɾi.ʒeˈaɾ]

Verb

1. to become yellow
   • 2006, H. Kliczkowski, Country Hotels / Hoteles en el campo, Onlybook, S. L., page 10:

     Empiezan a amarillear los castaños y los robles presentan algunas hojas secas.

     The chestnuts start to turn yellow and the oaks show some dry leaves.

   Synonym: amarillear

Derived terms

• amarilleamiento

Further reading

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