amarillo

See also: Amarillo

Spanish

Inherited from Old Spanish amariello, from Late Latin amarellus, from Latin amarus (“bitter, sour”), probably connected to the yellowish colour of bile.

IPA^(key): /amaˈɾiʝo/ [a.maˈɾi.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /amaˈɾiʎo/ [a.maˈɾi.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /amaˈɾiʃo/ [a.maˈɾi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /amaˈɾiʒo/ [a.maˈɾi.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

amarillo (feminine amarilla, masculine plural amarillos, feminine plural amarillas)

amarillo m (plural amarillos)

yellow
(colloquial) whitey (British: sickness, especially when induced by cannabis use)

amarillo