amores

See also: Amores and amôres

Asturian

Noun

amores

1. plural of amor

Galician

Noun

amores

1. plural of amor

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈmoː.reːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈmɔː.res]

Noun

amōrēs

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of amor

References

• “amores”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• amôres (pre-reform spelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmo.ɾis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmo.ɾis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈmo.ɾiʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmo.ɾes/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈmo.ɾɨʃ/

• Hyphenation: a‧mo‧res

Noun

amores

1. plural of amor

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmɔ.ɾis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmɔ.ɾis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈmɔ.ɾiʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmɔ.ɾes/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈmɔ.ɾɨʃ/

• Hyphenation: a‧mo‧res

Verb

amores

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of amorar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmoɾes/ [aˈmo.ɾes]
• Rhymes: -oɾes
• Syllabification: a‧mo‧res

Noun

amores m pl

1. plural of amor

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish amores, plural of amor, from Latin amōrem. Doublet of amor.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈmoɾes/ [ʔɐˈmoː.ɾɛs]
• Rhymes: -oɾes
• Syllabification: a‧mo‧res

Noun

amores (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜓᜇᜒᜐ᜔)

1. love affairs or escapades

   Synonyms: amoriyos, pag-iibigan, pagmamahalan

2. (colloquial) unpleasant odor

   Synonym: baho

3. red valerian

   Synonym: amores mil

Related terms

• amable
• Amante
• amante
• amatoryo
• amatyur
• amatyurismo
• amiga
• amigita
• amigito
• amigo
• amistad
• amistoso
• amor
• amor propyo
• amor-patriyo
• amores mil
• amoritis
• amoriyos
• amorosa
• amoroso
• amorseko
• enamorada
• enamorado
• enemigo
• enemistad

See also

• apid
• baleryana
• singaw

Further reading

• “amores”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “amores”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 31