amador

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin amātōrem.

Adjective

amador (feminine amadora, masculine plural amadors, feminine plural amadores)

1. loving

Further reading

• “amador” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “amador”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “amador” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “amador” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin amator, amatorem.

Noun

amador m (oblique plural amadors, nominative singular amadors, nominative plural amador)

1. lover (one who loves)

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin amātōrem. By surface analysis, amar +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.maˈdoʁ/ [a.maˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.maˈdoʁ/ [a.maˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.maˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.maˈdoʁ/ [a.maˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.maˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.mɐˈdoɾ/ [ɐ.mɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.mɐˈdoɾ/ [ɐ.mɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.mɐˈdo.ɾi/ [ɐ.mɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Rhymes: -oʁ, -oɾ
• Hyphenation: a‧ma‧dor

Noun

amador m (plural amadores, feminine amadora, feminine plural amadoras)

1. amateur (someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful)
2. (now rare) a lover of something

Adjective

amador (feminine amadora, masculine plural amadores, feminine plural amadoras)

1. loving
2. voluntary
3. amateur

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin amātōrem. By surface analysis, amar +‎ -dor. Doublet of amateur.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oɾ

• IPA^(key): /amaˈdoɾ/ [a.maˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ma‧dor

Adjective

amador (feminine amadora, masculine plural amadores, feminine plural amadoras)

1. loving

   Synonym: amante

Noun

amador m (plural amadores, feminine amadora, feminine plural amadoras)

1. lover (one who loves)

Related terms

• amar

 

Further reading

• “amador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10