amar

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• amaru

Etymology

From Latin amārus. Compare Romanian amar.

Adjective

amar (feminine amarã)

1. bitter

Related terms

• amãrãscu
• amãrãciuni
• amãreatsã

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

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

Further reading

• “amar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “amar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “amar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

From Latin amāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ma/

Verb

amar

1. to love

   Je t'âmo ― I love you.

2. to like

   Il âme bien regardar la télévision lo sêr. ― He likes to watch TV in the evening.

Conjugation

2=am

    Conjugation of amar

		simple			compound
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 terms

• amator
• ami, amia
• amor

Friulian

Alternative forms

• amâr

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

Related terms

• amante
• amor

Further reading

• “amar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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

    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

See also

• amorar (“to love passionately”)
• prizar (“to like”)
• afecionar (“to have affection for”)

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

amar

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

amar (first-person possessive amarku, second-person possessive amarmu, third-person possessive amarnya)

1. order

   Synonyms: perintah, suruhan

Derived terms

Further reading

• “amar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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

• acerbe
• acre

Italian

Verb

amar (apocopated)

1. Apocopic form of amare

Anagrams

• arma, marà, rama

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.mar/

Verb

amar (imperfect jamar, active participle amir, verbal noun amar)

1. (archaic, literary, puristic) to command; to order; to decree

   Synonym: (usual) ordna

Noun

amar m (plural amajjar or awiemer)

1. verbal noun of amar: command; order; decree

Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn)

  (file)

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

• IPA^(key): /a.ˈmaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Verb

amar

1. to love

Conjugation

Descendants

• Galician: amar
• Portuguese: amar

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "amar"
• “amar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• amor

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaṽar/

Noun

amar n

1. wailing, moaning
2. song, singing

   Synonyms: cepóc, cétal, dúan, dúchann, laíd, od

Inflection

Descendants

• ⇒ Middle Irish: amrán
  • Irish: amhrán
  • Manx: arrane
  • Scottish Gaelic: òran, amhran

Mutation

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “amar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin amāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmaɾ/

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

• Occitan: aimar

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

• detestar, odiar

Derived terms

• amo-te (“I love you”)

Romanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmar/

• Audio

  (file)

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

Antonyms

• dulce

Derived terms

• amărăciune
• amăreală
• amărui

Related terms

• amărî
• amărât
• amărăcios
• amăreață

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

• amar-eun

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin amāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmaɾ/

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧mar

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

Related terms

Further reading

• “amar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• arma, rama

Sumerian

Romanization

amar

1. Romanization of 𒀫 (amar)

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin amāre. Compare Italian amare.

Verb

amar

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

Conjugation

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