amar
Portuguese
/ɐ.ˈmaɾ/, /a.ˈma(ʁ)/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To love, to have great affection for.
- (intransitive) To have the ability to love, to feel love.
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese amar inherited from Latin amō (I love, love, he castigates).
Origin
Latin
amō
Gloss
I love, love, he castigates
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
愛, 恋
Emoji
❤️ 🏩 👨❤️👨 👩❤️👨 👩❤️👩 👰♀️ 💋 💌 💑 💒 💓 💕 💖 💗 💘 💝 😍 😘 😚 😻 🤟 🤰 🤱 🫂
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- adamo Latin
- amabilis Latin
- amator Latin
- amicus Latin
- amor Latin
- amāre Latin
- amāre, amō Latin
- amō Latin
- qui bene amat, bene castigat Latin
- amare Italian
- redamo Old Norse
- amar Galician
- amar Old Portuguese
- amar Old Occitan
- amar Venetian
- amur Dalmatian
- amar Ladino
- אמאר Ladino
- amà Corsican
- amar Interlingua
- اَمارِ Mozarabic