adora

See also: adorá, adóra, adorà, -adora, and a dɔ ra

Catalan

Verb

adora

1. inflection of adorar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.dɔ.ʁa/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Verb

adora

1. third-person singular past historic of adorer

Galician

Verb

adora

1. inflection of adorar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Verb

adora

1. inflection of adorare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈdoː.ra], [ˈa.dɔ.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈd̪ɔː.ra], [ˈaː.d̪o.ra]

Noun

adō̆ra

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ador

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈdoː.raː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈd̪ɔː.ra]

Verb

adōrā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of adōrō

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• adraid

Etymology

From Latin adōrō, reanalyzed as having the prefix ad-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aðˈo.ɾa/

Verb

ad·ora (verbal noun adrad)

1. to adore
2. to worship

Inflection

Complex, class A I present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive

		active						passive
		singular			plural			singular	plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present indicative	deut.			ad·ora				ad·orthar
	prot.	·adraim		adraid (simplex absolute); adras (simplex relative)			·adrat
imperfect indicative	deut.						ad·ordais
	prot.
preterite	deut.
	prot.
perfect	deut.			at·ror			ad·rorsat
	prot.
future	deut.			ad·orfa
	prot.
conditional	deut.
	prot.
present subjunctive	deut.
	prot.	·radar (ro-form)	·roadrae (ro-form)
past subjunctive	deut.
	prot.
imperative
verbal noun
past participle
verbal of necessity

Descendants

• Irish: adhair

Mutation

Mutation of ad·ora

radical	lenition	nasalization
ad·ora (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	ad·ora	ad·n-ora

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “adraid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Portuguese

Verb

adora

1. inflection of adorar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Alternative forms

• адора (adora) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from French adorer, Latin adōrō, adōrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.doˈra/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: a‧do‧ra

Verb

a adora (third-person singular present adoră, past participle adorat, third-person subjunctive adore) 1st conjugation (transitive)

1. to adore
2. (religion) to adore (worship)

   Synonym: venera

Conjugation

    conjugation of adora (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a adora
gerund			adorând
past participle			adorat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	ador	adori	adoră	adorăm	adorați	adoră
	imperfect	adoram	adorai	adora	adoram	adorați	adorau
	simple perfect	adorai	adorași	adoră	adorarăm	adorarăți	adorară
	pluperfect	adorasem	adoraseși	adorase	adoraserăm	adoraserăți	adoraseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să ador	să adori	să adore	să adorăm	să adorați	să adore
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		adoră			adorați
	negative		nu adora			nu adorați

Derived terms

• adorare
• adorat
• adorator

Related terms

• adorabil
• adorație

Further reading

• “adora”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Spanish

Verb

adora

1. inflection of adorar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish adorar, from Latin adōrāre.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔadoˈɾa/ [ʔɐ.d̪oˈɾa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: a‧do‧ra

Noun

adorá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜓᜇ)

1. act of adoring

   Synonyms: samba, suyo, pintuho

Related terms

• adorable
• adorador
• adorasyon
• adorasyon nokturna
• adoratris
• orador
• orakulo
• oral
• orasyon
• oratorya
• oratoryo

Further reading

• “adora”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025