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See also: Amar, amâr, åmar, ämar, and ämār

Aromanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin amārus. Compare Romanian amar.

Adjective

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amar (feminine amarã)

  1. bitter
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Assan

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Etymology

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

Noun

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amar

  1. hill

Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin amāre. First attested in the 12th century.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to love, have great affection for, care about
    Synonym: estimar

Usage notes

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  • Amar is usually used in poetic contexts. The verb estimar is much more common.

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of amar (first conjugation)
infinitive amar
gerund amant
past participle masculine feminine
singular amat amada
plural amats amades
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present amo ames ama amem ameu amen
imperfect amava amaves amava amàvem amàveu amaven
future amaré amaràs amarà amarem amareu amaran
preterite amí amares amà amàrem amàreu amaren
conditional amaria amaries amaria amaríem amaríeu amarien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present ami amis ami amem ameu amin
imperfect amés amessis amés améssim améssiu amessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós 		vostès
affirmative — ama ami amem ameu amin
negative (no) — no amis no ami no amem no ameu no amin

References

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  1. ^ “amar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Further reading

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Franco-Provençal

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin amāre.

Verb

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amar (ORB, broad)

  1. to love
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References

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  • aimer in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • amar in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

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Friulian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin amārus.

Adjective

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amar

  1. bitter
  2. sour

Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of “bitter”): dolç

Galician

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese amar, from Latin amāre.

Verb

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

  1. to love

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of amar
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(ti) 		Third-person
(el / ela / Vde.) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal amar
Personal amar amares amar amarmos amardes amaren
Gerund
amando
Past participle
Masculine amado amados
Feminine amada amadas
Indicative
Present amo amas ama amamos amades aman
Imperfect amaba amabas amaba amabamos amabades amaban
Preterite amei amaches amou amamos amastes amaron
Pluperfect amara amaras amara amaramos amarades amaran
Future amarei amarás amará amaremos amaredes amarán
Conditional amaría amarías amaría amariamos amariades amarían
Subjunctive
Present ame ames ame amemos amedes amen
Imperfect amase amases amase amásemos amásedes amasen
Future amar amares amar amarmos amardes amaren
Imperative
Affirmative ama ame amemos amade amen
Negative (non) non ames non ame non amemos non amedes non amen
    Reintegrated conjugation of amar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(ti / tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal amar
Personal amar amares amar amarmos amardes amarem
Gerund
amando
Past participle
Masculine amado amados
Feminine amada amadas
Indicative
Present amo amas ama amamos amades, amais amam
Imperfect amava amavas amava amávamos amávades, amáveis, amávais1 amavam
Preterite amei amaste, amache1 amou amamos amastes amárom, amaram
Pluperfect amara amaras amara amáramos amárades, amáreis, amárais1 amaram
Future amarei amarás amará amaremos amaredes, amareis amarám, amarão
Conditional amaria amarias amaria amaríamos amaríades, amaríeis, amaríais1 amariam
Subjunctive
Present ame ames ame amemos amedes, ameis amem
Imperfect amasse amasses amasse amássemos amássedes, amásseis amassem
Future amar amares amar amarmos amardes amarem
Imperative
Affirmative ama ame amemos amade, amai amem
Negative (nom) nom ames nom ame nom amemos nom amedes, nom ameis nom amem

1Less recommended.

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Further reading

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Ido

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Etymology

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

Verb

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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

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    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

Derived terms

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See also

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Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id

Etymology

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From Malay amar, from Classical Malay امر (amar), from Arabic أَمْر (ʔamr).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈamar/
  • Hyphenation: a‧mar

Noun

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amar

  1. order
    Synonyms: perintah, suruhan

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Interlingua

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Etymology 1

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From Latin amāre.

Verb

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amar

  1. to love, have great affection for.
  2. to like, to be fond of.
Conjugation
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    Conjugation of amar
infinitive amar
participle present perfect
amante amate
active simple perfect
present ama ha amate
past amava habeva amate
future amara habera amate
conditional amarea haberea amate
imperative ama
passive simple perfect
present es amate ha essite amate
past esseva amate habeva essite amate
future essera amate habera essite amate
conditional esserea amate haberea essite amate
imperative sia amate

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

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amar (comparative plus amar, superlative le plus amar)

  1. bitter (having an acrid taste)
Synonyms
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Italian

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Verb

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amar (apocopated)

  1. Apocopic form of amare

Anagrams

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Kott

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Etymology

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

Noun

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amar

  1. small pit

Ladino

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Etymology

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From Latin amāre.

Verb

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amar (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אמאר)

  1. to love

Lombard

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Etymology

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Akin to Italian amaro, from Latin amarus.

Verb

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amar

  1. bitter

Maltese

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Root
’-m-r
2 terms

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Arabic أَمَرَ (ʔamara). An obsolete word that was revived by purists in the early 20th century on the basis of early Maltese sources.

Verb

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amar (imperfect jamar)

  1. (archaic, literary, puristic) to command; to order; to decree
    Synonym: (usual) ordna
Conjugation
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Conjugation of amar
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m amart amart amar amarna amartu amru
f amret
imperfect m namar tamar jamar namru tamru jamru
f amar
imperative tamru amru

Etymology 2

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From Arabic أَمْر (ʔamr).

Noun

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amar m (plural amajjar)

  1. order, command, decree

Occitan

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Béarn):(file)

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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amar m (feminine singular amara, masculine plural amars, feminine plural amaras)

  1. acrid

Etymology 2

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From the Classical norm aimar, from Old Occitan amar, from Latin amāre.

Verb

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amar

  1. (Mistralian) Alternative form of aimar

Old Catalan

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Etymology

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From Latin amārus.

Adjective

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amar (feminine amara, masculine plural amars, feminine plural amaras)

  1. bitter

References

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  • “amar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin amāre (“to love”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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amar

  1. to love

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of amar
infinitive simple amar
compound infinitive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
gerund simple amando
compound gerund of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
past participle singular plural
masculine amado amados
feminine amada amadas
present participle amante amantes
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative mood eu
ei 		tu el~ele
ela
vossa mercee 		nos
nos outros
nos outras 		vos
vos outros
vos outras 		eles
elas
simple
tenses 		present amo amas ama amamos amades aman
imperfect amava amavas amava amavamos, amávamos amavades, amávades amavan
preterite amei amaste, amasche, amache amou amamos amastes amaron
pluperfect amara amaras amara amaramos, amáramos amarades, amárades amaran
future amarei amarás amará amaremos amaredes amarán
conditional amaria amarias amaria amariamos, amaríamos amariades, amaríades amarian
compound
tenses 		present perfect present of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
present imperfect imperfect of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
past anterior preterite of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
pluperfect simple pluperfect of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
future perfect future of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
subjunctive mood eu
ei 		tu el~ele
ela
vossa mercee 		nos
nos outros
nos outras 		vos
vos outros
vos outras 		eles
elas
simple
tenses 		present ame ames ame amemos amedes amen
preterite amasse amasses amasse amássemos amássedes amassen
future amar amares amar amarmos amardes amaren
compound
tenses 		present perfect present subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
pluperfect preterite subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
future perfect future subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
imperative mood — tu vossa mercee nos
nos outros
nos outras 		vos
vos outros
vos outras 		—
affirmative — ama ame amemos amade —
negative — non ames non ame non amemos non amedes —
personal infinitive eu
ei 		tu el~ele
ela
vossa mercee 		nos
nos outros
nos outras 		vos
vos outros
vos outras 		eles
elas
amar amares amar amarmos amardes amaren

1 Its alternative spelling, aver, can be used as well.

2 teer and ter were used too, though all 3 were less common than forms of "haver".

Descendants

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  • Galician: amar
  • Portuguese: amar

Further reading

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Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *amarom (“wailing, crying”); compare Welsh afar (“lamentation”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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amar n

  1. wailing, moaning
  2. song, singing
    Synonyms: cepóc, cétal, dúan, dúchann, laíd, od

Inflection

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Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative amarN amarN amarL, amra
Vocative amarN amarN amarL, amra
Accusative amarN amarN amarL, amra
Genitive amairL amar amarN
Dative amarL amraib amraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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Mutation

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Mutation of amar
radical lenition nasalization
amar
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) 		unchanged n-amar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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Old Occitan

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Etymology

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From Latin amāre.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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.

Descendants

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese amar, from Latin amāre.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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amar (first-person singular present amo, first-person singular preterite amei, 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, he never really loved.

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of amar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal amar
Personal amar amares amar amarmos amardes amarem
Gerund
amando
Past participle
Masculine amado amados
Feminine amada amadas
Indicative
Present amo amas ama amamos amais amam
Imperfect amava amavas amava amávamos amáveis amavam
Preterite amei amaste amou amamos1, amámos2 amastes amaram
Pluperfect amara amaras amara amáramos amáreis amaram
Future amarei amarás amará amaremos amareis amarão
Conditional amaria amarias amaria amaríamos amaríeis amariam
Subjunctive
Present ame ames ame amemos ameis amem
Imperfect amasse amasses amasse amássemos amásseis amassem
Future amar amares amar amarmos amardes amarem
Imperative
Affirmative ama ame amemos amai amem
Negative (não) não ames não ame não amemos não ameis não amem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Antonyms

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Derived terms

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin amārus (“bitter”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₃- (“to be hot”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

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

Declension

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singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite amar amară amari amare
definite amarul amara amarii amarele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite amar amare amari amare
definite amarului amarei amarelor amarilor

Antonyms

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Derived terms

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish ommar (“trough for holding water”).

Noun

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amar m (genitive singular amair, plural amaran)

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

Derived terms

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin amāre.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. to love, have great affection for, care about
    Te amo.
    I love you.

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Conjugation

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    Conjugation of amar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive amar
gerund amando
past participle masculine feminine
singular amado amada
plural amados amadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present amo amastú
amásvos 		ama amamos amáis aman
imperfect amaba amabas amaba amábamos amabais amaban
preterite amé amaste amó amamos amasteis amaron
future amaré amarás amará amaremos amaréis amarán
conditional amaría amarías amaría amaríamos amaríais amarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present ame amestú
amésvos2 		ame amemos améis amen
imperfect
(ra) 		amara amaras amara amáramos amarais amaran
imperfect
(se) 		amase amases amase amásemos amaseis amasen
future1 amare amares amare amáremos amareis amaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative amatú
amávos 		ame amemos amad amen
negative no ames no ame no amemos no améis no amen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of amar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive amar dative amarme amarte amarle, amarse amarnos amaros amarles, amarse
accusative amarme amarte amarlo, amarla, amarse amarnos amaros amarlos, amarlas, amarse
with gerund amando dative amándome amándote amándole, amándose amándonos amándoos amándoles, amándose
accusative amándome amándote amándolo, amándola, amándose amándonos amándoos amándolos, amándolas, amándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative ama dative ámame ámate ámale ámanos not used ámales
accusative ámame ámate ámalo, ámala ámanos not used ámalos, ámalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative amá dative amame amate amale amanos not used amales
accusative amame amate amalo, amala amanos not used amalos, amalas
with formal second-person singular imperative ame dative ámeme not used ámele, ámese ámenos not used ámeles
accusative ámeme not used ámelo, ámela, ámese ámenos not used ámelos, ámelas
with first-person plural imperative amemos dative not used amémoste amémosle amémonos amémoos amémosles
accusative not used amémoste amémoslo, amémosla amémonos amémoos amémoslos, amémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative amad dative amadme not used amadle amadnos amaos amadles
accusative amadme not used amadlo, amadla amadnos amaos amadlos, amadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative amen dative ámenme not used ámenle ámennos not used ámenles, ámense
accusative ámenme not used ámenlo, ámenla ámennos not used ámenlos, ámenlas, ámense

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Sumerian

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Romanization

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amar

  1. Romanization of 𒀫 (amar)

Venetan

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Etymology

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From Latin amāre. Compare Italian amare.

Verb

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amar

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

Conjugation

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* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of amar (first conjugation)
infinitive amar
auxiliary verb aver gerund amando
past participle amà
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative mi ti eło / eła noialtri / noialtre voialtri / voialtre łuri / łore
present amo (te) ami (el/ła) ama amémo, amòn amé (i/łe) ama
imperfect amava (te) amavi (el/ła) amava amàvimo amavi (i/łe) amava
future amarò (te) amarè (el/ła) amarà amarémo amarè (i/łe) amarà
conditional amarìa (te) amarisi (el/ła) amarìa amarìsimo amarisi (i/łe) amarìa
subjunctive che mi che ti che eło / eła che noialtri / noialtre che voialtri / voialtre che łuri / łore
present ame, ama (te) ami (el/ła) ame, (el/ła) ama amémo, amone amé (i/łe) ame, (i/łe) ama
imperfect amase (te) amasi (el/ła) amase amàsimo amasi (i/łe) amase
imperative — ti eło / eła noialtri / noialtre voialtri / voialtre łuri / łore
— (te) ama (el/ła) ama, (el/ła) ame amémo amé (i/łe) ama, (i/łe) ame
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