amaro

See also: amaró

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian amaro.

Noun

amaro (countable and uncountable, plural amaros)

1. An Italian herbal liqueur.
   • 2007 June 27, Rob Willey, “A Bit of History, Reborn in a Glass”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     At Vessel, in Seattle, the bar manager, Jamie Boudreau, starts his cherry bitters by combining separate bourbon- and rye-based infusions with a touch of honey-flavored vodka and the Italian digestif amaro.

Translations

an Italian herbal liqueur

• Portuguese: amaro (pt) m

Anagrams

• -o-rama, -orama, aroma

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Catalan

Verb

amaro

1. first-person singular present indicative form of amarar

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Esperanto

Etymology

amara +‎ -o.

Noun

amaro (uncountable, accusative amaron)

1. bitterness
   • Valdemar Langlet, Vojaĝimpresoj, originally published in Lingvo Internacia,

     mi iris de tie kun doloro kaj amaro en la koro.

     I left with pain and bitterness in my heart.

Synonyms

• amareco

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French amarre, Italian amarra, Spanish amarra.

Noun

amaro (plural amari)

1. (nautical) hawser, mooring rope/cable
2. lashing (as for a gun, etc.)

Derived terms

• amaragar (“to moor, belay, make fast”)
• amarago (“mooring”)
• desamaragar (“to unmoor”)

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin amārus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃em-, *h₂eh₃m- (“bitter, raw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈma.ro/, [äˈmäːr̺o̞]

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• Rhymes: -aro
• Stress: amàro
• Hyphenation: a‧ma‧ro

Adjective

amaro (feminine singular amara, masculine plural amari, feminine plural amare)

1. bitter

Antonyms

• dolce

Noun

amaro m (plural amari)

1. bitter, bitterness
2. Any of several herbal liqueurs

Related terms

Related terms

• amaramente
• amareggiare
• amaretto
• amarevole
• amarezza

• amaricante
• amarognolo
• amarore
• amarulento
• amarume

Anagrams

• aroma

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Latin

Adjective

amārō

1. dative masculine singular of amārus
2. dative neuter singular of amārus
3. ablative masculine singular of amārus
4. ablative neuter plural of amārus

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Portuguese

Adjective

amaro m (feminine singular amara, masculine plural amaros, feminine plural amaras, comparable)

1. Alternative form of amargo

Noun

amaro m (plural amaros)

1. amaro (an Italian herbal liqueur)

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Spanish

Verb

amaro

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of amarar.