amarillista

Spanish

Etymology

From prensa amarilla (“yellow press”) +‎ -ista (“-ist”).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /amaɾiˈʝista/ [a.ma.ɾiˈʝis.t̪a] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /amaɾiˈʎista/ [a.ma.ɾiˈʎis.t̪a] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /amaɾiˈʃista/ [a.ma.ɾiˈʃis.t̪a] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /amaɾiˈʒista/ [a.ma.ɾiˈʒis.t̪a] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -ista
  • Syllabification: a‧ma‧ri‧llis‧ta

Adjective

amarillista m or f (masculine and feminine plural amarillistas)

  1. of tabloid journalism, sensationalist
    • 2013 March 21, Nicole Lavanchy, AméricaEconomía‎[1], archived from the original on 21 October 2016:
      Sin embargo, debido a su popularidad, los conocidos diarios "amarillistas", aquellos que basan sus noticias en accidentes, crímenes, farándula, violaciones y adulterios, parecen hacer caso omiso a este temor que amenaza la supervivencia de los histórico[sic – meaning históricos] periódicos.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.