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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

giallo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈdʒallo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Amarillo/ˌæməˈrɪloʊ/
nounadjectiveCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #14200 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Indossava una camicia di colore giallo."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The color yellow in Spanish contexts, or a geographical proper noun referring to specific locations such as the city in Texas.

    "The travelers stopped overnight in Amarillo during their cross-country road trip."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Pertaining to things characterized by a yellow color in Spanish-influenced naming conventions.

    "The historic district featured bright amarillo painted facades."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Spanish adjective amarillo (yellow), originating from the Latin amarus (bitter), which through complex historical color associations shifted to denote pale or yellow hues. In English, it is primarily adopted as a proper geographic noun referencing cities and regions named after the Spanish descriptor.

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