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buí — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • tan noun A yellowish-brown colour, or the darkened shade skin takes on after time in the sun.
  • yellow noun The bright color of lemons, sunflowers, and egg yolks, produced by light around 580 nanometers.

Senses

buí is used for these senses in English:

  • jaundiced (pathology) Affected with jaundice.
  • yellow The color of sunflower petals and lemons; the color obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light; the color evoked by light of wavelength around 580 nm; one of the three primary colors in subtractive color systems.

tan — full definition

  1. noun A yellowish-brown colour, or the darkened shade skin takes on after time in the sun.
  2. adj Yellowish-brown in colour, or having skin darkened by the sun.
  3. verb To develop a darker skin tone from sun exposure, or to turn animal hide into leather using tannic acid.

yellow — full definition

  1. noun The bright color of lemons, sunflowers, and egg yolks, produced by light around 580 nanometers.
  2. adj Having the color yellow.
  3. adj Informal: cowardly, lacking courage.
  4. verb To turn yellow, or to cause something to turn yellow, often through age.

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