amar

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

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin amārus. Compare Romanian amar.

Adjective

amar (feminine amarã)

  1. bitter

Assan

Etymology

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

Noun

amar

  1. hill

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

References

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

Further reading

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin amāre.

Verb

amar (ORB, broad)

  1. to love

References

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

Further information

Friulian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin amārus.

Adjective

amar

  1. bitter
  2. sour

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of bitter): dolç

Galician

Etymology

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

Verb

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

  1. to love

Conjugation

Further reading

Ido

Etymology

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

Verb

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

Derived terms

See also

Indonesian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

amar

  1. order
    Synonyms: perintah, suruhan

Derived terms

Further reading

Interlingua

Etymology 1

From Latin amāre.

Verb

amar

  1. to love, have great affection for.
  2. to like, to be fond of.
Conjugation

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

amar (comparative plus amar, superlative le plus amar)

  1. bitter (having an acrid taste)
Synonyms

Italian

Verb

amar (apocopated)

  1. Apocopic form of amare

Anagrams

Kott

Etymology

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

Noun

amar

  1. small pit

Ladino

Etymology

From Latin amāre.

Verb

amar (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אמאר)

  1. to love

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian amaro, from Latin amarus.

Verb

amar

  1. bitter

Maltese

Root
’-m-r
2 terms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

amar (imperfect jamar)

  1. (archaic, literary, puristic) to command; to order; to decree
    Synonym: (usual) ordna
Conjugation
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

From Arabic أَمْر (ʔamr).

Noun

amar m (plural amajjar)

  1. order, command, decree

Occitan

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Old Occitan , from Latin amārus.

Adjective

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

  1. acrid

Etymology 2

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

Verb

amar

  1. (Mistralian) Alternative form of aimar

Old Catalan

Etymology

From Latin amārus.

Adjective

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

  1. bitter

References

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

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin amāre (to love).

Pronunciation

Verb

amar

  1. to love

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Galician: amar
  • Portuguese: amar

Further reading

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

amar n

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

Inflection

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

Mutation

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

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin amāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

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

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: a‧mar

Verb

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

Antonyms

Derived terms

Romanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

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

Derived terms

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish ommar (trough for holding water).

Noun

amar m (genitive singular amair, plural amaran)

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

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin amāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

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.

Usage notes

  • amar typically refers to romantic love, querer refers to platonic love, and encantar refers to strong affection for an object or activity.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Sumerian

Romanization

amar

  1. Romanization of 𒀫 (amar)

Venetan

Etymology

From Latin amāre. Compare Italian amare.

Verb

amar

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

Conjugation

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