amargo

See also: amargó

Asturian

Adjective

amargo

  1. neuter of amargu

Catalan

Verb

amargo

  1. first-person singular present indicative form of amargar

Galician

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

  1. bitter

Further reading


Javanese

Conjunction

amargo

  1. Nonstandard spelling of amarga.

Ladino

Etymology

Akin to Spanish amargo.

Adjective

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

  1. bitter

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈmaɾɡo/ [aˈmaɾ.ɣ̞o]
  • Rhymes: -aɾɡo
  • Syllabification: a‧mar‧go

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish amaro (bitter) (from Latin amārus), modified by influence from the verb amargar.[1]

Adjective

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

  1. bitter, sour (having an acrid taste)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Sardinian: amargu

Noun

amargo m (plural amargos)

  1. bitterness
    Synonym: amargura

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

amargo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of amargar

References

  1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “amargo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 233

Further reading

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