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amaraĵo

amaraĵo/a.maˈra.ʒo/

amaraĵo is an Esperanto noun meaning “something bitter”.

Meaning

  1. something bitter (literal and figurative senses)
  2. bitters (liquid used in mixed drinks)

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Related meanings: bitters

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Pronunciation

IPA
/a.maˈra.ʒo/
Syllables
a·ma·RA·ĵo

Word structure

  1. amarrootamaro
  2. aĵsuffixconcrete thing
  3. oendingnoun

Forms

singularplural
subjectamaraĵoamaraĵoj
object (-n)amaraĵonamaraĵojn

Example sentences

  • Mi dezirus koktelon de viskio, vermuto kaj amaraĵo.I'd like a Manhattan. #7136338amaraĵo: something bitter
  • L. C. Porto Carreiro Neto (translator), La Libro de la Spiritoj (Le Livre des esprits) by Allan Kardec, Chapter 9,the two were created to help one another through the trials of a life full of bitterness (lit. of bitter things)
  • Vladimiír Váňa (translator), Aventuroj de la Brava Soldato Švejk dum la Mondmilito (The Good Soldier Švejk) by Jaroslav Hašek, Part 2, Chapter 5,he had drunk the beer and taken a pretty deep swig of tincture of amaranth (lit. bitters) (Cecil Parrott translation, Heinemann, 1973)

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