amaro (Italian)
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amaro（イタリア語）
Amaro (Italian) is the Italian adjective and noun amaro. In addition to taste, it is used figuratively for anguish or displeasure. This page concerns the word itself, not amaro as a liqueur category.
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Amaro is an Italian adjective and noun. Treccani Vocabolario defines its taste sense as 『Di sapore che costituisce (col dolce, il salato, l'acido) una delle quattro sensazioni gustative fondamentali; viene avvertito quando sono eccitati chimicamente particolari recettori nervosi disposti alla base della lingua』 (in translation: "A taste constituting, alongside sweet, salty, and sour, one of the four fundamental taste sensations; perceived when particular nerve receptors at the base of the tongue are chemically stimulated").
The same dictionary gives the figurative sense 『Che dà dolore o afflizione, spiacevole, sgradito』 (in translation: "causing pain or grief; unpleasant; unwelcome") and the example 『il ritorno è stato più a. della partenza』 (in translation: "the return was more bitter than the departure"). An etymological note immediately after the headword gives 『[lat. amarus]』 (in translation: "from Latin amarus").
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Checked for this overview: Presented the dictionary definition identifying one of four basic tastes. / Presented the figurative sense of pain or displeasure and its example. / Added the etymological note deriving it from Latin amarus.
Other names: amaro (it)
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Scope: Treccani Vocabolario online, headword amaro, sense 1.a
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concept-word-amaro-it —is_defined_in_dictionary_as→ "『Di sapore che costituisce (col dolce, il salato, l'acido) una delle quattro sensazioni gustative fondamentali; viene avvertito quando sono eccitati chimicamente particolari recettori nervosi disposti alla base della lingua』 (in translation: "A taste that constitutes, together with sweet, salty, and sour, one of the four basic taste sensations; it is perceived when particular nerve receptors located at the base of the tongue are chemically excited.")"Scope: Treccani Vocabolario online, headword amaro, sense 1.d (fig.).
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concept-word-amaro-it —is_presented_as→ "『Che dà dolore o afflizione, spiacevole, sgradito』 (in translation: "Causing pain or grief; unpleasant; unwelcome"), a figurative use in sense 1.d. The example is 『il ritorno è stato più a. della partenza（帰還は出発よりも苦いものだった）』 (in translation: "the return was more bitter than the departure")."Scope: Treccani Vocabolario online, headword amaro, etymological note
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concept-word-amaro-it —has_name_etymology→ "Immediately after the headword, it gives the etymological note 『[lat. amarus]』 (in translation: "derived from Latin amarus")."