amargo

See also: amargó

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmaɾɡo/, [aˈmaɾ.ɣ̞o]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɾɡo
• Hyphenation: a‧mar‧go

Adjective

amargo

1. neuter of amargu

Catalan

Verb

amargo

1. first-person singular present indicative of amargar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese amaro (“bitter”) (from Latin amārus), modified by influence from the verb amargar. Compare Portuguese amargo, Spanish amargo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aˈmaɾɡo/ [aˈmaɾ.ɣ̞ʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /aˈmaɾɡo/ [aˈmaɾ.ɣ̞ʊ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /aˈmaɾħo/ [aˈmaɾ.ħʊ]

 

• Rhymes: -aɾɡo

• Rhymes: -aɾɡo
• Rhymes: -aɾħo

• Hyphenation: a‧mar‧go

Adjective

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

1. bitter

Derived terms

• amargamente

 

Related terms

• amarelo
• amargar
• amargor
• amargura

 

Further reading

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

Javanese

Romanization

amargo

1. Nonstandard spelling of amarga. Romanization of ꦲꦩꦂꦒ

Ladino

Etymology

Akin to Spanish amargo.

Adjective

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

1. bitter

Related terms

• amargar

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese amaro (“bitter”) (from Latin amārus), modified by influence from the verb amargar. Compare Galician and Spanish amargo.

Alternative forms

• amaro

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmaʁ.ɡu/ [aˈmaɦ.ɡu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmaʁ.ɡu/ [aˈmaɦ.ɡu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aˈmaɾ.ɡu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈmaʁ.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmaɻ.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈmaɾ.ɡu/ [ɐˈmaɾ.ɣu]

• Hyphenation: a‧mar‧go

Adjective

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

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

• amargar
• amargor
• amargoso
• amargura
• amarelo

Further reading

• “amargo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Etymology 2

Verb

amargo

1. first-person singular present indicative of amargar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmaɾɡo/ [aˈmaɾ.ɣ̞o]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾɡo
• Syllabification: a‧mar‧go

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish amaro (“bitter”) (from Latin amārus), modified by influence from the verb amargar. Compare with English amaroid.

Adjective

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

1. bitter, sour (having an acrid taste)

   Synonym: agrio

Derived terms

• amargamente
• amarguísimo
• chaparro amargo
• cohombrillo amargo
• escoba amarga
• jengibre amargo
• melón amargo
• trago amargo
• zapallo amargo

 

Descendants

• → Sardinian: amargu

Noun

amargo m (plural amargos)

1. bitterness

   Synonym: amargura

Related terms

• amargado
• amargar
• amargura
• amarillo

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

amargo

1. first-person singular present indicative of amargar

Further reading

• “amargo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28