amarillear

Spanish

FWOTD – 23 December 2013

Etymology

From amarillo +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /amaɾiʝeˈaɾ/ [a.ma.ɾi.ʝeˈaɾ]

• IPA^(key): /amaɾiʝeˈaɾ/ [a.ma.ɾi.ʝeˈaɾ] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /amaɾiʎeˈaɾ/ [a.ma.ɾi.ʎeˈaɾ] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /amaɾiʃeˈaɾ/ [a.ma.ɾi.ʃeˈaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /amaɾiʒeˈaɾ/ [a.ma.ɾi.ʒeˈaɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ma‧ri‧lle‧ar

Verb

amarillear (first-person singular present amarilleo, first-person singular preterite amarilleé, past participle amarilleado)

1. (intransitive) to become yellow

   Synonym: amarillecer

   • 2006, H. Kliczkowski, Country Hotels / Hoteles en el campo, Onlybook, S. L, page 10:

     Empiezan a amarillear los castaños y los robles presentan algunas hojas secas.

     The chestnuts start to turn yellow and the oaks show some dry leaves.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of amarillear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			amarillear
gerund			amarilleando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		amarilleado		amarilleada
		plural		amarilleados		amarilleadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	amarilleo	amarilleastú amarilleásvos	amarillea	amarilleamos	amarilleáis	amarillean
	imperfect	amarilleaba	amarilleabas	amarilleaba	amarilleábamos	amarilleabais	amarilleaban
	preterite	amarilleé	amarilleaste	amarilleó	amarilleamos	amarilleasteis	amarillearon
	future	amarillearé	amarillearás	amarilleará	amarillearemos	amarillearéis	amarillearán
	conditional	amarillearía	amarillearías	amarillearía	amarillearíamos	amarillearíais	amarillearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	amarillee	amarilleestú amarilleésvos2	amarillee	amarilleemos	amarilleéis	amarilleen
	imperfect (ra)	amarilleara	amarillearas	amarilleara	amarilleáramos	amarillearais	amarillearan
	imperfect (se)	amarillease	amarilleases	amarillease	amarilleásemos	amarilleaseis	amarilleasen
	future1	amarilleare	amarilleares	amarilleare	amarilleáremos	amarilleareis	amarillearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		amarilleatú amarilleávos	amarillee	amarilleemos	amarillead	amarilleen
	negative		no amarillees	no amarillee	no amarilleemos	no amarilleéis	no amarilleen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of amarillear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive amarillear	dative	amarillearme	amarillearte	amarillearle, amarillearse	amarillearnos	amarillearos	amarillearles, amarillearse
	accusative	amarillearme	amarillearte	amarillearlo, amarillearla, amarillearse	amarillearnos	amarillearos	amarillearlos, amarillearlas, amarillearse
with gerund amarilleando	dative	amarilleándome	amarilleándote	amarilleándole, amarilleándose	amarilleándonos	amarilleándoos	amarilleándoles, amarilleándose
	accusative	amarilleándome	amarilleándote	amarilleándolo, amarilleándola, amarilleándose	amarilleándonos	amarilleándoos	amarilleándolos, amarilleándolas, amarilleándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative amarillea	dative	amarilléame	amarilléate	amarilléale	amarilléanos	not used	amarilléales
	accusative	amarilléame	amarilléate	amarilléalo, amarilléala	amarilléanos	not used	amarilléalos, amarilléalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative amarilleá	dative	amarilleame	amarilleate	amarilleale	amarilleanos	not used	amarilleales
	accusative	amarilleame	amarilleate	amarillealo, amarilleala	amarilleanos	not used	amarillealos, amarillealas
with formal second-person singular imperative amarillee	dative	amarilléeme	not used	amarilléele, amarilléese	amarilléenos	not used	amarilléeles
	accusative	amarilléeme	not used	amarilléelo, amarilléela, amarilléese	amarilléenos	not used	amarilléelos, amarilléelas
with first-person plural imperative amarilleemos	dative	not used	amarilleémoste	amarilleémosle	amarilleémonos	amarilleémoos	amarilleémosles
	accusative	not used	amarilleémoste	amarilleémoslo, amarilleémosla	amarilleémonos	amarilleémoos	amarilleémoslos, amarilleémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative amarillead	dative	amarilleadme	not used	amarilleadle	amarilleadnos	amarilleaos	amarilleadles
	accusative	amarilleadme	not used	amarilleadlo, amarilleadla	amarilleadnos	amarilleaos	amarilleadlos, amarilleadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative amarilleen	dative	amarilléenme	not used	amarilléenle	amarilléennos	not used	amarilléenles, amarilléense
	accusative	amarilléenme	not used	amarilléenlo, amarilléenla	amarilléennos	not used	amarilléenlos, amarilléenlas, amarilléense

Derived terms

• amarilleamiento

Further reading

• “amarillear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025