cetrino

Spanish

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin citrīnus (“citric”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeˈtɾino/ [θeˈt̪ɾi.no]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /seˈtɾino/ [seˈt̪ɾi.no]
• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: ce‧tri‧no

Adjective

cetrino (feminine cetrina, masculine plural cetrinos, feminine plural cetrinas)

1. yellow-green; sallow

See also

• pajizo

Further reading

• “cetrino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10