amarelar

Portuguese

Etymology

Amarelo (yellow) + -ar.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.mɐ.ɾɨ.ˈlaɾ/
  • Hyphenation: a‧ma‧re‧lar

Verb

amarelar (first-person singular present indicative amarelo, past participle amarelado)

  1. (transitive) yellow (to become yellow or more yellow)
  2. (intransitive) yellow (to cause to become yellow or more yellow)
  3. (slang) chicken out (shy away from a daring task)

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • (chicken out): acovardar-se
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