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amarelo — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • amber noun A hard, translucent, yellow-to-brown fossilized tree resin, used in jewellery and sometimes containing preserved insects.
  • slope noun A stretch of ground that rises or falls at an angle; or the steepness of any such surface or line.
  • yellow noun The bright color of lemons, sunflowers, and egg yolks, produced by light around 580 nanometers.

Senses

amarelo is used for these senses in English:

  • amber (British, AU) The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, which when illuminated indicates that drivers should stop when safe to do so. See also yellow light.
  • slope (vulgar, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.
  • 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.

amber — full definition

  1. noun A hard, translucent, yellow-to-brown fossilized tree resin, used in jewellery and sometimes containing preserved insects.
  2. noun A yellowish-orange colour, like that of the resin.
  3. noun The middle light of a traffic signal, signalling drivers to stop if it is safe to do so.
  4. adj Of a brownish-yellow colour.

slope — full definition

  1. noun A stretch of ground that rises or falls at an angle; or the steepness of any such surface or line.
  2. verb To rise or fall at a steady angle.

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