amoroso

See also: Amoroso

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian amoroso. Doublet of amorous and amoureux.

Noun

amoroso (plural amorosos or amorosi)

1. A male lover.

Adjective

amoroso (not comparable)

1. (music) tender; loving

French

Etymology

From Italian amoroso. Doublet of amoureux.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.mɔ.ʁo.zo/

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Adverb

amoroso

1. (music) in a tender, loving style

Further reading

• “amoroso”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *amōrōsus, derived from Latin amōrem (“love”). By surface analysis, amor +‎ -oso.

Adjective

amoroso (feminine amorosa, masculine plural amorosos, feminine plural amorosas)

1. loving

Derived terms

• triángulo amoroso

Related terms

• amor

Further reading

• “amoroso”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *amōrōsus, derived from Latin amōrem (“love”). By surface analysis, amore +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.moˈro.zo/, (traditional) /a.moˈro.so/
• Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
• Hyphenation: a‧mo‧ró‧so

Adjective

amoroso (feminine amorosa, masculine plural amorosi, feminine plural amorose)

1. amorous, loving

Noun

amoroso m (plural amorosi, feminine amorosa)

1. lover

   Synonyms: innamorato, moroso

Derived terms

• amorosamente
• amorosità
• moroso

 

Descendants

• → English: amoroso
• → French: amoroso
• → Romanian: amoros

Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *amōrōsus, derived from Latin amōrem (“love”). By surface analysis, amor +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.moˈɾo.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.moˈɾo.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.moˈɾo.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.muˈɾo.zu/

Adjective

amoroso (feminine amorosa, masculine plural amorosos, feminine plural amorosas, comparable, comparative mais amoroso, superlative o mais amoroso or amorosíssimo, metaphonic)

1. loving

Derived terms

• amorosamente

Further reading

• “amoroso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian amoroso.

Adverb

amoroso

1. amoroso

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *amōrōsus, derived from Latin amōrem (“love”). By surface analysis, amor +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amoˈɾoso/ [a.moˈɾo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: a‧mo‧ro‧so

Adjective

amoroso (feminine amorosa, masculine plural amorosos, feminine plural amorosas)

1. amorous
2. loving

   Synonyms: cariñoso, querendón

3. tender

   Synonym: tierno

Derived terms

• amorosamente
• amorosiento
• carta amorosa

 

Further reading

• “amoroso”, 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