Spanish words for kids · Colors
How to say “yellow” in Spanish
Yellow is the color of the sun, bananas and ducks: three things kids love and point at all the time.
Yellow in Spanish
amarillo
Sounds like ≈ ah-mah-REE-yoh
Good to know: The double l (ll) is said like a y in most places. Feminine form: amarilla.
Hear it in a song
Real lines from our Spanish songs, with the English meaning shown in the app:
Submarino amarillo, ¿listo para el viaje?
Little yellow submarine, ready for a ride?
from En el Fondo del Mar (Down in the Deep Sea)
Amarillo
Yellow
from Colores por Todas Partes (Colors Everywhere)
The song that teaches it
“Yellow” is one of the key words in this song. Every line is shown in Spanish with its English meaning.
Also sung in: El Arcoíris, En el Fondo del Mar.
Practice ideas for parents
- 1Draw a big sun together and say amarillo with every crayon stroke.
- 2At the shops, find yellow fruit: bananas, lemons, yellow peppers.
- 3Play "traffic light": amarillo means walk slowly, red means freeze, green means run.
Related Spanish words
“Yellow” in other languages
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About the pronunciation: the “sounds like” spellings are rough English approximations for parents (capital letters show the stressed syllable). Spanishhas sounds English doesn't, so treat them as a starting point and let the songs be the model. Songs are original and produced with AI music tools. Ideas for using Spanish songs with your family.