amico

See also: Amico and amicò

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmi.ko/

Noun

amico (plural amicos)

1. friend

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmi.ko/

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• Rhymes: -iko
• Hyphenation: a‧mì‧co

Etymology 1

From Latin amīcus. Compare Catalan amic, French ami, Portuguese amigo, Romanian amic, Sardinian amícu, Spanish amigo.

Noun

amico m (plural amici, feminine amica, diminutive (especially in reference to a child) amichétto; (uncommon) amicùccio or amichìno, augmentative (jocular) amicóne)

1. friend, companion, partner
2. boyfriend

Derived terms

• amichetto (“playmate”, literally “small friend”)
• amico dell'uomo (“man's best friend, dog”, literally “man's friend”)

Related terms

• amare
• amichevole
• amicizia
• amicone

Descendants

• → Romanian: amic

Adjective

amico (feminine amica, masculine plural amici, feminine plural amiche, superlative amicissimo)

1. friendly, amicable

Derived terms

• amicamente

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

amico

1. first-person singular present indicative of amicarsi

Further reading

• “amico”, in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• “amico” in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• “amico” in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• “amico” in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• “amico” in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• amico in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• “amico”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈmiː.koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈmiː.ko]

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-der.

Proto-Italic *amāō

Latin amō

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -īcus

Latin amīcus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin amīcō

From amīcus (“friendly; friend”) + -ō.

Verb

amīcō (present infinitive amīcāre, perfect active amīcāvī, supine amīcātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive) to make friendly to oneself

Conjugation

   Conjugation of amīcō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	amīcō		amīcās		amīcat		amīcāmus		amīcātis		amīcant
	imperfect	amīcābam		amīcābās		amīcābat		amīcābāmus		amīcābātis		amīcābant
	future	amīcābō		amīcābis		amīcābit		amīcābimus		amīcābitis		amīcābunt
	perfect	amīcāvī		amīcāvistī		amīcāvit		amīcāvimus		amīcāvistis		amīcāvērunt, amīcāvēre
	pluperfect	amīcāveram		amīcāverās		amīcāverat		amīcāverāmus		amīcāverātis		amīcāverant
	future perfect	amīcāverō		amīcāveris		amīcāverit		amīcāverimus		amīcāveritis		amīcāverint
passive	present	amīcor		amīcāris, amīcāre		amīcātur		amīcāmur		amīcāminī		amīcantur
	imperfect	amīcābar		amīcābāris, amīcābāre		amīcābātur		amīcābāmur		amīcābāminī		amīcābantur
	future	amīcābor		amīcāberis, amīcābere		amīcābitur		amīcābimur		amīcābiminī		amīcābuntur
	perfect	amīcātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	amīcātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	amīcātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	amīcem		amīcēs		amīcet		amīcēmus		amīcētis		amīcent
	imperfect	amīcārem		amīcārēs		amīcāret		amīcārēmus		amīcārētis		amīcārent
	perfect	amīcāverim		amīcāverīs		amīcāverit		amīcāverīmus		amīcāverītis		amīcāverint
	pluperfect	amīcāvissem		amīcāvissēs		amīcāvisset		amīcāvissēmus		amīcāvissētis		amīcāvissent
passive	present	amīcer		amīcēris, amīcēre		amīcētur		amīcēmur		amīcēminī		amīcentur
	imperfect	amīcārer		amīcārēris, amīcārēre		amīcārētur		amīcārēmur		amīcārēminī		amīcārentur
	perfect	amīcātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	amīcātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		amīcā		—		—		amīcāte		—
	future	—		amīcātō		amīcātō		—		amīcātōte		amīcantō
passive	present	—		amīcāre		—		—		amīcāminī		—
	future	—		amīcātor		amīcātor		—		—		amīcantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		amīcāre			amīcārī			amīcāns			—
future		amīcātūrum esse			amīcātum īrī			amīcātūrus			amīcandus
perfect		amīcāvisse			amīcātum esse			—			amīcātus
future perfect		—			amīcātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		amīcātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		amīcandī		amīcandō		amīcandum		amīcandō		amīcātum		amīcātū

Related terms

• amīcōs parāre (“to make friends, befriend”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

amīcō

1. dative/ablative singular of amīcus

References

• “amico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “amico”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to be friendly with any one: uti aliquo amico