amar
AromanianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin amārus. Compare Romanian amar.
AdjectiveEdit
amar (feminine amarã)
Related termsEdit
AssanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔamar (“small embankment, pit”).
NounEdit
amar
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Occitan amar, from Latin amāre, present active infinitive of amō (“I love”).
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
amar (first-person singular present amo, past participle amat)
Usage notesEdit
- Amar is usually used in poetic contexts. The verb estimar is much more common.
ConjugationEdit
infinitive | amar | ||||||
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present participle | 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 | |
— | ama | ami | amem | ameu | amin |
Franco-ProvençalEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin amāre, present active infinitive of āmō.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
amar
- to love
- Je t'âmo ― I love you.
- to like
- Il âme bien regardar la télévision lo sêr. ― He likes to watch TV in the evening.
ConjugationEdit
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | amar | avêr amâ | |||||
gerund | ament | avêr amâ | |||||
auxiliary verb | 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 | jo (j') | tu (t') | il/elli | nos | vos | ils | |
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 | |
compound tenses | present perfect | present indicative of avêr + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avêr + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite indicative of avêr + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future indicative of avêr + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avêr + past participle | ||||||
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 | |
compound tenses | past | present subjunctive of avêr + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avêr + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | te | — | nos | vos | — | |
âma | amens | amâds |
Related termsEdit
FriulianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
amar
AntonymsEdit
- (bitter): dolç
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Portuguese amar, from Latin amāre, present active infinitive of amō.
VerbEdit
amar (first-person singular present amo, first-person singular preterite amei, past participle amado)
- to love
ConjugationEdit
infinitive | amar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | amando | ||||||
past participle | singular | plural | |||||
masculine | amado | amados | |||||
feminine | amada | amadas | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | ||
indicative | eu | ti | el / ela / Vde. | nós | vós | eles / elas / Vdes. | |
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 | eu | ti | el / ela / Vde. | nós | vós | eles / elas / Vdes. | |
present | ame | ames | ame | amemos | amedes | amen | |
preterite | amase | amases | amase | amásemos | amásedes | amasen | |
future | amar | amares | amar | amarmos | amardes | amaren | |
imperative | — | ti | Vde. | nós | vós | Vdes. | |
affirmative | – | ama | ame | amemos | amade | amen | |
negative | – | ames | ame | amemos | amedes | amen | |
personal infinitive | eu | ti | el / ela / Vde. | nós | vós | eles / elas / Vdes. | |
amar | amares | amar | amarmos | amardes | amaren |
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “amar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
IdoEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Esperanto ami, from French aimer, Spanish amar, Italian amare, all ultimately from Latin amō (“I love”).
VerbEdit
amar (present tense amas, past tense amis, future tense amos, imperative amez, conditional amus)
- (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.
ConjugationEdit
present | past | future | |||||
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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 termsEdit
See alsoEdit
IndonesianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Malay amar, from Arabic أَمْر (ʾamr).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
amar (plural, first-person possessive amarku, second-person possessive amarmu, third-person possessive amarnya)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “amar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
InterlinguaEdit
Etymology 1Edit
VerbEdit
amar
ConjugationEdit
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 | present | simple | perfect |
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 2Edit
From Latin amārus, Italian amaro, Romanian amar. Compare Spanish amargo, Catalan amarg, Esperanto amara.
AdjectiveEdit
amar (comparative plus amar, superlative le plus amar)
- bitter (having an acrid taste)
SynonymsEdit
InterlingueEdit
VerbEdit
amar
ConjugationEdit
ItalianEdit
VerbEdit
amar
AnagramsEdit
KottEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔamar (“small embankment, pit”).
NounEdit
amar
LadinoEdit
EtymologyEdit
VerbEdit
amar (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אמאר)
- to love
MalteseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Arabic أَمَرَ (ʾamara). An obsolete word that was revived by purists in the early 20th century on the basis of early Maltese sources.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
amar (imperfect jamar)
OccitanEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (Béarn) (file)
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin amārus.
AdjectiveEdit
amar m (feminine singular amara, masculine plural amars, feminine plural amaras)
Etymology 2Edit
From the Classical norm aimar, from Old Occitan amar, from Latin amō (“I love”).
VerbEdit
amar
- (Mistralian) Alternative form of aimar
Old IrishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Celtic *amarom (“wailing, crying”); compare Welsh afar (“lamentation”)
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
amar n
InflectionEdit
No forms other than the lemma are attested.
DescendantsEdit
MutationEdit
Old Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
amar | unchanged | n-amar |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further readingEdit
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “amar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old OccitanEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
amar
- 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.
- c. 1110, Guilhèm de Peitieus, ‘Canso’:
DescendantsEdit
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Portuguese amar, from Latin amō (“I love”).
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
amar (first-person singular present indicative amo, past participle amado)
- (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.
- (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.
ConjugationEdit
Notes:[edit] | ||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||
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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 | amamos amámos |
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) | - | ames | ame | amemos | ameis | amem |
AntonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin amārus (“bitter”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₃- (“to be hot”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
amar m or n (feminine singular amară, masculine plural amari, feminine and neuter plural amare)
DeclensionEdit
AntonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Scottish GaelicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Irish ommar (“trough for holding water”).
NounEdit
amar m (genitive singular amair, plural amaran)
Derived termsEdit
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin amāre, present active infinitive of amō (“I love”).
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
amar (first-person singular present amo, first-person singular preterite amé, past participle amado)
ConjugationEdit
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 |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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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 imperative ama | |||||||
dative | ámame | ámate | ámale | ámanos | not used | ámales | |
accusative | ámame | ámate | ámalo, ámala | ámanos | not used | ámalos, ámalas | |
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 |
Usage notesEdit
amar typically refers to romantic love, querer refers to platonic love, and encantar refers to strong affection for an object or activity.
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “amar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
AnagramsEdit
VenetianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin amō (“I love”). Compare Italian amare.
VerbEdit
amar
- (transitive) To love
- (transitive) To like
ConjugationEdit
- Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
infinitive | amar | |||||
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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 | mi | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
present | 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 |