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Spanish words
Yellow in Spanish
“Yellow” in Spanish is amarillo, or amarilla with a feminine noun. It's an adjective, pronounced /a.maˈɾi.ʝo/.
In a sentence
La niña lleva una mochila amarilla y zapatos blancos.
The girl wears a yellow backpack and white shoes.
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Grammar note
Amarillo agrees with its noun: un taxi amarillo, una mochila amarilla. The double l sounds like the y in yes in most of Latin America, and more like the s in measure in Argentina and Uruguay.
How to remember it
Amarillo, Texas, has a Spanish name: it's this word, yellow.
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