amar

Alternative forms

• amaru

Etymology

From Latin amārus. Compare Daco-Romanian amar.

Adjective

amar (feminine amarã)

1. bitter

Etymology

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔamar (“small embankment, pit”).

Noun

amar

1. hill

Etymology

From Old Occitan amar, from Latin amāre, present active infinitive of amō (“I love”), from Proto-Indo-European [Term?].

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əˈma/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /aˈmaɾ/

Verb

amar (first-person singular present amo, past participle amat)

1. to love, have great affection for, care about.

Etymology

From Latin amāre, present active infinitive of āmō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ma/

Verb

amar

1. to love

   Je t'âmo ― I love you.

2. to like

   Il âme bien regardar la télévision lo sêr. ― He likes to watch TV in the evening.

Conjugation

    ORB Supradialectale (Standard Franco-Provençal)

infinitive			amar
gerund			ament
auxiliary			avêr
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		amâ		amâye
		plural		amâs		amâyes
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		je (j')	te (t')	il/el	nos	vos	ils/els
	present	âmo	âmes	âme	amens	amâds	âmont
	imperfect	amâvo	amâves	amâve	amâvans	amâvâds	amâvant
	preterite	amé	amés	amat	amens amérens	amétes	améront
	future	ameré	amerés	amerat	amerens	ameréds	ameront
	conditional	amerê	amerês	amerêt	amerans	amerâds	amerant
subjunctive		que je (j')	que te (t')	qu'il/el	que nos	que vos	qu'ils/els
	present	âmo	âmes	âme	amens	amâds	âmont
	imperfect	amésso	amésses	amésse	améssens	amésséds	améssont
imperative		—	te	—	nos	vos	—
			âma		amens	amâds

Alternative forms

• amâr

Etymology

From Latin amārus.

Adjective

amar

1. bitter
2. sour

Etymology

From Old Portuguese amar, from Latin amāre, present active infinitive of amō.

Verb

amar (first-person singular present amo, first-person singular preterite amei, past participle amado)

1. to love

Etymology

From Esperanto ami, from French aimer, Spanish amar, Italian amare, all ultimately from Latin amō (“I love”).

Verb

amar (present tense amas, past tense amis, future tense amos, imperative amez, conditional amus)

1. (transitive) to love: to like (very much), care for, have affection for, cherish

   Me amas mea patri. ― I love my parents.

   El amis tua libro. ― She loved your book.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of amar

		present		past		future
infinitive		amar		amir		amor
tense		amas		amis		amos
conditional		amus
imperative		amez
adjective active participle		amanta		aminta		amonta
adverbial active participle		amante		aminte		amonte
nominal active participle	singular	amanto		aminto		amonto
	plural	amanti		aminti		amonti
adjective passive participle		amata		amita		amota
adverbial passive participle		amate		amite		amote
nominal passive participle	singular	amato		amito		amoto
	plural	amati		amiti		amoti

Etymology 1

From Latin amō (“I love”)

Etymology 2

From Latin amārus, Italian amaro, Romanian amar. Compare Spanish amargo, Catalan amarg, Esperanto amara.

Verb

amar

1. to love
2. to like

Verb

amar

1. Apocopic form of amare

Anagrams

• arma
• rama

Etymology

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔamar (“small embankment, pit”).

Noun

amar

1. small pit

Etymology

From Latin amō (“I love”)

Verb

amar (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אמאר‎)

1. to love

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin amārus.

Etymology 2

From the Classical norm aimar, from Old Occitan amar, from Latin amō (“I love”).

Noun

amar n

1. song, singing

Etymology

From Latin amō (“I love”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amar/

Verb

amar

1. to love
   • c. 1110, Guilhèm de Peitieus, ‘Canso’:

     Ma dona m’assai’ e·m prueva, / Quossi de qual guiza l’am [...].

     My lady tries to tempt me to find out how much I love her.

Etymology

From Old Portuguese amar, from Latin amō (“I love”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ˈmar/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ˈmaɾ/
• Hyphenation: a‧mar

Verb

amar (first-person singular present indicative amo, past participle amado)

1. (transitive) To love, to have great affection for.

   Graças a você, agora nos conhecemos, nos casamos e nos amamos.

   Thanks to you, now we met, we married and we love each other.

2. (intransitive) To have the ability to love, to feel love.

   Pobre homem, em todos esses oitenta anos nunca amou de verdade.

   Poor man, in all those eighty years, never really loved.

Etymology

From Latin amārus (“bitter”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃em-, *h₂eh₃m- (“bitter, raw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmar/

Adjective

amar m, n (feminine singular amară, masculine plural amari, feminine and neuter plural amare)

1. (of food) bitter, rancid
2. (of a person) bitter, rude

Noun

amar m (genitive singular amair, plural amaran)

1. basin, pool, bath
2. tank, cistern, vat
3. channel, trough

Etymology

From Latin amāre, present active infinitive of amō (“I love”), from Proto-Indo-European [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmaɾ/

Verb

amar (first-person singular present amo, first-person singular preterite amé, past participle amado)

1. (poetic) to love, have great affection for, care about.

   Te amo.

   I love you.

See also

• querer
• gustar

Etymology

From Latin amō (“I love”). Compare Italian amare.

Verb

amar

1. (transitive) To love
2. (transitive) To like