amar

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• amaru

Etymology

From Latin amarus. Compare Daco-Romanian amar

Adjective

amar (feminine amarã)

1. bitter

Related terms

• amãrãscu

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Assan

Etymology

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

Noun

amar

1. hill

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˈma/

Etymology

From Latin amāre, present active infinitive of amō.

Verb

amar (first-person singular present amo, past participle amat)

1. To love, have great affection for, care about.

Conjugation

Conjugation of amar (first conjugation)

infinitive			amar
present participle			amant
past participle			amat
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	nosaltres	vosaltres	ells/elles
	present	ami	amis	ami	amem	ameu	amin
	imperfect	amés	amessis	amés	améssim	améssiu	amessin
imperative		-	tu	ell/ella	nosaltres	vosaltres	ells/elles
		—	ama	ami	amem	ameu	amin

Usage notes

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

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin amāre, present active infinitive of amō.

Verb

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

1. to love
2. first-person and third-person singular future subjunctive of amar
3. first-person and third-person singular personal infinitive of amar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of amar

infinitive			amar
gerund			amando
past participle			amado
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		eu	ti	el / ela	nós	vós	eles / elas
	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	nós	vós	eles / elas
	present	ame	ames	ame	amemos	amedes	amen
	preterite	amase	amases	amase	amásemos	amásedes	amasen
	future	amar	amares	amar	amarmos	amardes	amaren
imperative		—	ti	el / ela	nós	vós	eles / elas
		—	ama	—	—	amade	—
personal infinitive		eu	ti	el / ela	nós	vós	eles / elas
		amar	amares	amar	amarmos	amardes	amaren

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Ido

Etymology

Common Romance, from Latin amāre, present active infinitive of amō.

Verb

amar (present tense amas, past tense amis, future tense amos, imperative amez, conditional amus)

1. to love

Conjugation

Conjugation of amar

	present	past	future
tense	amas	amis	amos
perfect		amabis	amabos
infinitive	amar	amir	amor
active participle	amanta	aminta	amonta
nominal active participle	amanto pl. amanti	aminto pl. aminti	amonto pl. amonti
adverbial active participle	amante	aminte	amonte
passive participle	amata	amita	amota
nominal passive participle	amato pl. amati	amito pl. amiti	amoto pl. amoti
adverbial passive participle	amate	amite	amote
imperative	amez	amabez
conditional	amus	amabus

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Interlingua

Etymology 1

From Latin amāre, present active infinitive of amō (“I love”)

Verb

amar

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of “amar”

Nominal forms
Infinitive		amar
		Present	Perfect
Participles		amante	amate
Personal forms
		Simple	Perfect
Active voice	Present	ama	ha amate
	Past	amava	habeva amate
	Future	amara	habera amate
	Conditional	amarea	haberea amate
	Imperative	ama	--
Passive voice	Present	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 2

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

Adjective

amar (comparative plus amar, superlative le plus amar)

1. bitter (having an acrid taste)

Synonyms

• acerbe
• acre

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Italian

Verb

amar

1. apocopic form of amare

Anagrams

• arma
• rama

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Kott

Etymology

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔamar "small embankment, pit".

Noun

amar

1. small pit

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Ladino

Etymology

From Latin amāre, present active infinitive of amō (“I love”)

Verb

amar (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אמאר)

1. to love

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Occitan

Etymology 1

Latin amarus.

Adjective

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

1. acrid

Etymology 2

Classical norm aimar < Old Provençal amar < Latin amō

Verb

amar

1. (Mistralian) Alternative form of aimar.

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Old Irish

Noun

amar n and m

1. song, singing

Synonyms

• (song): cepóc, cétal, dúan, dúchann, laíd, od
• (singing): cétal

Descendants

• Irish: amhrán
• Manx: arrane
• Scottish Gaelic: òran

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Old Provençal

Etymology

From Latin amāre, present active infinitive of amō (“I love”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /amar/

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.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin amāre, present active infinitive of amō (“I love”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /a.ˈmar/
• Hyphenation: a‧mar

Verb

amar (first-person singular present indicative amo, 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 have ever feeling love

   Pobre homem, em todos esses oitenta anos nunca amou de verdade. — “Poor man, in all those eighty years, never really loved.”

3. First-person singular (eu) future subjunctive of amar
4. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) future subjunctive of amar
5. First-person singular (eu) personal infinitive of amar
6. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) personal infinitive of amar

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb amar

Notes:

• This is a regular verb of the -ar group.
• Verbs with this conjugation include: amar, cantar, gritar, marchar, mostrar, nadar, parar, participar, retirar, separar, viajar.

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	Singular			Plural
	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	ame	ama	ame	amemos	amai	amem
Negative (não)	ame	ames	ame	amemos	ameis	amem

Derived terms

• amo-te (in Brazil also eu te amo) — “I love you.”

Antonyms

• detestar, odiar

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin amārus (“bitter”)

Adjective

amar ^{4 nom/acc forms}

1. (of food) bitter, rancid
2. (of a person) bitter, rude

Declension

declension of amar

		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	amarilor	amarelor

Antonyms

• dulce

Related terms

• amărî
• amărât

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

amar m (genitive amair, plural amaran)

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

Derived terms

• amar-eun

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin amāre, present active infinitive of amō (“I love”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /aˈmaɾ/

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.”

Conjugation

    Conjugation of amar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			amar
gerund			amando
past participle			amado
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú	él/ella usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	amo	amas	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	él/ella usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ame	ames	ame	amemos	améis	amen
	imperfect (ra)	amara	amaras	amara	amáramos	amarais	amaran
	imperfect (se)	amase	amases	amase	amásemos	amaseis	amasen
	future	amare	amares	amare	amáremos	amareis	amaren
imperative		—	tú	usted	nosotros	vosotros	ustedes
	affirmative		ama	ame	amemos	amad	amen
	negative		no ames	no ame	no amemos	no améis	no amen

Related terms

amable amante amor

amoroso desamor te amo

See also

• querer
• gustar

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Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian amare

Verb

amar (transitive)

1. To love
2. To like

Conjugation

    Conjugation of amar ( 1st conjugation regular)

infinitive	amar
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		amando
past participle		amà		NB: clitic pronouns (bold) are obligatory
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti te	eło el / eła ła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri i / łore łe
present	amo	ami	ama	amémo, amòn	amé	ama
imperfect	amava	amavi	amava	amàvimo	amavi	amava
future	amarò	amarè	amarà	amarémo	amarè	amarà
conditional	mi	ti te	eło el / eła ła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri i / łore łe
present	amarìa	amarisi	amarìa	amarìsimo	amarisi	amarìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti te	che eło el / eła ła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri i / łore łe
present	ame, ama	ami	ame, ama	amémo, amone	amé	ame, ama
imperfect	amase	amasi	amase	amàsimo	amasi	amase
imperative	-	ti te	eło el / eła ła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri i / łore łe
		ama	ama, ame	amémo	amé	ama, ame