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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian amoroso. Doublet of amorous and amoureux.
Noun
amoroso (plural amorosos or amorosi)
- A male lover.
Adjective
amoroso (not comparable)
- (music) tender; loving
French
Etymology
From Italian amoroso. Doublet of amoureux.
Pronunciation
Adverb
amoroso
- (music) in a tender, loving style
Further reading
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)
- loving
Derived terms
Further reading
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/[1]
- Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
- Hyphenation: a‧mo‧ró‧so
Adjective
amoroso (feminine amorosa, masculine plural amorosi, feminine plural amorose)
- amorous, loving
Noun
amoroso m (plural amorosi, feminine amorosa)
- lover
- Synonyms: innamorato, moroso
Derived terms
Descendants
References
Portuguese
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *amōrōsus, derived from Latin amōrem (“love”). By surface analysis, amor + -oso.
Pronunciation
Adjective
amoroso (feminine amorosa, masculine plural amorosos, feminine plural amorosas, comparable, comparative mais amoroso, superlative o mais amoroso or amorosíssimo, metaphonic)
- loving
Derived terms
Further reading
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Italian amoroso.
Adverb
amoroso
- amoroso
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *amōrōsus, derived from Latin amōrem (“love”). By surface analysis, amor + -oso.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /amoˈɾoso/
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: a‧mo‧ro‧so
Adjective
amoroso (feminine amorosa, masculine plural amorosos, feminine plural amorosas)
- amorous
- loving
- Synonyms: cariñoso, querendón
- tender
- Synonym: tierno
Derived terms
Further reading