La Palabra Del Día: "amarillento"
amarillento ( ah-mah-ree-yehn'-toh )
adjective ( yellowish, yellowy )
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1: Las hojas amarillentas alfombraron el sendero.
The yellowish leaves carpeted the path.
2: Es impresionante cómo la luz amarillenta de la luna ilumina el camino.
It's amazing how the yellowy light from the moon lights the way.
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It is nearly always a yellowish light that shines from an alien spaceship.
Es casi siempre una luz amarillenta que brilla desde una nave espacial extraterrestre.
La turbulencia era tan intensa que la mayoría de los pasajeros tenía una mirada verde amarillenta a la piel.
The turbulence was so intense that the majority of the passengers had a yellowish green look to their skin.
No he cuidado bien a mis plantas y están volviendo amarillentas.
I haven´t taken good care of my plants and they are turning yellow.
La fotos viejas pueden tener un aspecto amarillento como esta foto de un debate presidencial que tuvo lugar hace muchos años.
Old photos can have a yellowish look like this photo of a presidential debate that took place many years ago.
This photo was taken by the same prehistoric man who chisled a Smurf into a cave wall that showed up in yesterday's word of the day. 
El vertido minero llenó el río con un efluente amarillento.
The mine spill filled the river with a yellowish effluent.
Algunos dicen que Van Gogh empezó a pintar con amarillos vivos porque su médico le había dado demasiado digitalis y por eso todo lo que veía tenía un aspecto amarillento, pero otros creen que si fuera tan envenenado no podría pintar bien, y que simplemente le gustaba el color.
Some say that Van Gogh began to paint with bright yellows because his doctor had given him too much digitalis and so everything that he saw had a yellowish cast, but others think that if he were that poisoned he would not be able to paint well, and that he simply liked the color.
Los paisajes amarillentos en el otoño son maravillosos pero un poco melancólicos, porque nos recuerdan al paso del tiempo.
The yellow autumn landscapes are wonderful but a little melancholy, because they remind us to the passage of time.
Las luciérnagos illuminaron la noche con luz amarillenta.
The fireflies brightened the night with yellowish light.
Comer demasiadas zanahorias puede hacer que la piel amarillenta vuelta.
Eating too many carrots can make the skin turn yellowish.
En otoño las hojas se ponen de colores anaranjados, amarillentos y rojizos.
In autumn the leaves turn orange, yellow and red.
Todos vivimos en un submarino amarillo, ahora que todos buscamos amarillento.
We all live in a yellow submarine, now we all look yellowish .
¿Por qué las hojas de los periódicos y de los libros se vuelven amarillentas con los años?
Why do the pages of newspapers and books turn yellow over the years?
Los ojos amarillentos del gato me rastrearon al cruzar su trayectoria.
The cat's yellowish eyes tracked me as I crossed its path.
¿Por qué decimos que un cobarde es amarillo ?
Ellos no se ven de color amarillento.
Why do say that a coward is yellow?
They do not look yellowish .
The term 'yellow-belly' is an archetypal American term, but began life in England in the late 18th century as a mildly derogatory nick-name. Grose's A provincial glossary; with a collection of local proverbs etc, 1787, lists it: Yellow bellies. This is an appellation given to persons born in the Fens, who, it is jocularly said, have yellow bellies, like their eels.
Why is yellow the color of cowardice? Yellow-bellied "cowardly" is from 1924, probably a semi-rhyming reduplication of yellow; earlier yellow-belly was a sailor's name for a half-caste (1867) and a Texas term for Mexican soldiers (1842, based on the color of their uniforms).
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The old clothing had yellowish stains on them after being stored so long.
La ropa vieja tenía manchas amarillentas sobre ellos después de ser almacenados tanto tiempo.
