amarillento

Spanish

Etymology

From amarillo +‎ -ento.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /amaɾiˈʝento/ [a.ma.ɾiˈʝẽn̪.t̪o]

• IPA^(key): /amaɾiˈʝento/ [a.ma.ɾiˈʝẽn̪.t̪o] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /amaɾiˈʎento/ [a.ma.ɾiˈʎẽn̪.t̪o] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /amaɾiˈʃento/ [a.ma.ɾiˈʃẽn̪.t̪o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /amaɾiˈʒento/ [a.ma.ɾiˈʒẽn̪.t̪o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: a‧ma‧ri‧llen‧to

Adjective

amarillento (feminine amarillenta, masculine plural amarillentos, feminine plural amarillentas)

1. yellowish

   Synonym: amarillejo

Further reading

• “amarillento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025