amarelar
Portuguese
Etymology
From amarelo (“yellow”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ma.ɾeˈla(ʁ)/ [a.ma.ɾeˈla(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.ma.ɾeˈla(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.ma.ɾeˈla(ʁ)/ [a.ma.ɾeˈla(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ma.ɾeˈla(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.mɐ.ɾɨˈlaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.mɐ.ɾɨˈla.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: a‧ma‧re‧lar
Verb
amarelar (first-person singular present amarelo, first-person singular preterite amarelei, past participle amarelado)
- (transitive) yellow (to become yellow or more yellow)
- (intransitive) yellow (to cause to become yellow or more yellow)
- (slang) chicken out (shy away from a daring task)
- Synonym: acovardar-se
Conjugation
Conjugation of amarelar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.