enamorado

See also: Enamorado

English

Etymology

From Spanish enamorado.

Noun

enamorado (plural enamoradoes)

1. (dated) A lover; a person in love.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:lover

   • 1968, Tom Wolfe, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Bantam, published 1997, →ISBN, page 2:

     Two more things they are looking at out there are a sign on the rear bumper reading “Custer Died for Your Sins” and, at the wheel, Lois's enamorado Stewart Brand, a thin blond guy with a blazing disk on his forehead too, and a whole necktie made of Indian beads.

Anagrams

• aeromonad

Portuguese

Etymology

Past participle of enamorar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.na.moˈɾa.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.na.moˈɾa.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.na.moˈɾa.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.nɐ.muˈɾa.du/ [i.nɐ.muˈɾa.ðu]

• Hyphenation: e‧na‧mo‧ra‧do

Adjective

enamorado (feminine enamorada, masculine plural enamorados, feminine plural enamoradas)

1. infatuated, smitten

Derived terms

• enamoradamente

Participle

enamorado (feminine enamorada, masculine plural enamorados, feminine plural enamoradas)

1. past participle of enamorar

Spanish

Etymology

Past participle of enamorar. Compare Catalan enamorat, Portuguese namorado and Italian innamorato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enamoˈɾado/ [e.na.moˈɾa.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: e‧na‧mo‧ra‧do

Adjective

enamorado (feminine enamorada, masculine plural enamorados, feminine plural enamoradas)

1. infatuated, having a crush on, feeling love or attraction for another

   Ella está enamorada de mi hermano.

   She has a crush on my brother.

2. enamored, in love, smitten

   Estoy enamorado de tu hermana.

   I am in love with your sister.

Noun

enamorado m (plural enamorados, feminine enamorada, feminine plural enamoradas)

1. lover (person in love)

Participle

enamorado (feminine enamorada, masculine plural enamorados, feminine plural enamoradas)

1. past participle of enamorar

Related terms

• enamoramiento

 

Further reading

• “enamorado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16