amar
Aromanian
Alternative forms
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan amar, from Latin amāre, present active infinitive of amō (“I love”).
Usage notes
- Amar is usually used in poetic contexts. The verb estimar is much more common.
Conjugation
infinitive | amar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
present participle | amant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | amat | amada | |||||
plural | amats | amades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | amo | ames | ama | amem | ameu | amen | |
imperfect | amava | amaves | amava | amàvem | amàveu | amaven | |
future | amaré | amaràs | amarà | amarem | amareu | amaran | |
preterite | amí | amares | amà | amàrem | amàreu | amaren | |
conditional | amaria | amaries | amaria | amaríem | amaríeu | amarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | ami | amis | ami | amem | ameu | amin | |
imperfect | amés | amessis | amés | améssim | améssiu | amessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
— | ama | ami | amem | ameu | amin |
Franco-Provençal
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ma/
Verb
amar
Conjugation
![](../I/m/Blason_Panarpitan.png)
infinitive | amar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | ament | ||||||
auxiliary | avêr | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | amâ | amâye | |||||
plural | amâs | amâyes | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | je (j') | te (t') | il/el | nos | vos | ils/els | |
present | âmo | âmes | âme | amens | amâds | âmont | |
imperfect | amâvo | amâves | amâve | amâvans | amâvâds | amâvant | |
preterite | amé | amés | amat | amens amérens |
amétes | améront | |
future | ameré | amerés | amerat | amerens | ameréds | ameront | |
conditional | amerê | amerês | amerêt | amerans | amerâds | amerant | |
subjunctive | que je (j') | que te (t') | qu'il/el | que nos | que vos | qu'ils/els | |
present | âmo | âmes | âme | amens | amâds | âmont | |
imperfect | amésso | amésses | amésse | améssens | amésséds | améssont | |
imperative | — | te | — | nos | vos | — | |
âma | amens | amâds |
Friulian
Alternative forms
Galician
Etymology
From Old Portuguese amar, from Latin amāre, present active infinitive of amō.
Verb
amar (first-person singular present amo, first-person singular preterite amei, past participle amado)
- to love
Conjugation
infinitive | amar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | amando | ||||||
past participle | singular | plural | |||||
masculine | amado | amados | |||||
feminine | amada | amadas | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | eu | ti | el / ela / Vde. | nós | vós | eles / elas / Vdes. | |
present | amo | amas | ama | amamos | amades | aman | |
imperfect | amaba | amabas | amaba | amabamos | amabades | amaban | |
preterite | amei | amaches | amou | amamos | amastes | amaron | |
pluperfect | amara | amaras | amara | amaramos | amarades | amaran | |
future | amarei | amarás | amará | amaremos | amaredes | amarán | |
conditional | amaría | amarías | amaría | amariamos | amariades | amarían | |
subjunctive | eu | ti | el / ela / Vde. | nós | vós | eles / elas / Vdes. | |
present | ame | ames | ame | amemos | amedes | amen | |
preterite | amase | amases | amase | amásemos | amásedes | amasen | |
future | amar | amares | amar | amarmos | amardes | amaren | |
imperative | — | ti | Vde. | nós | vós | Vdes. | |
affirmative | — | ama | ame | amemos | amade | amen | |
negative | — | ames | ame | amemos | amedes | amen | |
personal infinitive | eu | ti | el / ela / Vde. | nós | vós | eles / elas / Vdes. | |
amar | amares | amar | amarmos | amardes | amaren |
Ido
Etymology
From Esperanto ami, from French aimer, Spanish amar, Italian amare, all ultimately from Latin amō (“I love”).
Verb
amar (present tense amas, past tense amis, future tense amos, imperative amez, conditional amus)
Conjugation
![]() |
present | past | future | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | amar | amir | amor | ||||
tense | amas | amis | amos | ||||
conditional | amus | ||||||
imperative | amez | ||||||
adjective active participle | amanta | aminta | amonta | ||||
adverbial active participle | amante | aminte | amonte | ||||
nominal active participle | singular | amanto | aminto | amonto | |||
plural | amanti | aminti | amonti | ||||
adjective passive participle | amata | amita | amota | ||||
adverbial passive participle | amate | amite | amote | ||||
nominal passive participle | singular | amato | amito | amoto | |||
plural | amati | amiti | amoti |
Derived terms
Interlingua
Conjugation
infinitive | amar | ||
---|---|---|---|
participle | present | perfect | |
amante | amate | ||
active | present | simple | perfect |
ama | ha amate | ||
past | amava | habeva amate | |
future | amara | habera amate | |
conditional | amarea | haberea amate | |
imperative | ama | ||
passive | present | simple | perfect |
es amate | ha essite amate | ||
past | esseva amate | habeva essite amate | |
future | essera amate | habera essite amate | |
conditional | esserea amate | haberea essite amate | |
imperative | sia amate |
Interlingue
Ladino
Occitan
Etymology 1
From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin amārus.
Etymology 2
From the Classical norm aimar, from Old Occitan amar, from Latin amō (“I love”).
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *amarom (“wailing, crying”); compare Welsh afar (“lamentation”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaṽar/
Inflection
No forms other than the lemma are attested.
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
amar | unchanged | n-amar |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “amar”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, ISBN 9780901714299
Old Occitan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /amar/
Verb
amar
- to love
- c. 1110, Guilhèm de Peitieus, ‘Canso’:
- Ma dona m’assai’ e·m prueva, / Quossi de qual guiza l’am [...].
- My lady tries to tempt me to find out how much I love her.
- c. 1110, Guilhèm de Peitieus, ‘Canso’:
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese amar, from Latin amō (“I love”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ˈmar/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.ˈmaɾ/
- Hyphenation: a‧mar
Verb
amar (first-person singular present indicative amo, past participle amado)
- (transitive) To love, to have great affection for.
- Graças a você, agora nos conhecemos, nos casamos e nos amamos.
- Thanks to you, now we met, we married and we love each other.
- (intransitive) To have the ability to love, to feel love.
- Pobre homem, em todos esses oitenta anos nunca amou de verdade.
- Poor man, in all those eighty years, never really loved.
Conjugation
Notes:[edit] | ||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First-person (eu) |
Second-person (tu) |
Third-person (ele / ela / você) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | amar | |||||
Personal | amar | amares | amar | amarmos | amardes | amarem |
Gerund | ||||||
amando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | amado | amados | ||||
Feminine | amada | amadas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | amo | amas | ama | amamos | amais | amam |
Imperfect | amava | amavas | amava | amávamos | amáveis | amavam |
Preterite | amei | amaste | amou | amamos amámos |
amastes | amaram |
Pluperfect | amara | amaras | amara | amáramos | amáreis | amaram |
Future | amarei | amarás | amará | amaremos | amareis | amarão |
Conditional | ||||||
amaria | amarias | amaria | amaríamos | amaríeis | amariam | |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | ame | ames | ame | amemos | ameis | amem |
Imperfect | amasse | amasses | amasse | amássemos | amásseis | amassem |
Future | amar | amares | amar | amarmos | amardes | amarem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | - | ama | ame | amemos | amai | amem |
Negative (não) | - | ames | ame | amemos | ameis | amem |
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin amārus (“bitter”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₃- (“to be hot”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈmar/
Adjective
amar m or n (feminine singular amară, masculine plural amari, feminine and neuter plural amare)
Declension
Antonyms
Derived terms
- amărăciune
- amăreală
- amărui
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈmaɾ/
Verb
amar (first-person singular present amo, first-person singular preterite amé, past participle amado)
Conjugation
infinitive | amar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | amando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | amado | amada | |||||
plural | amados | amadas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | amo | amastú amásvos |
ama | amamos | amáis | aman | |
imperfect | amaba | amabas | amaba | amábamos | amabais | amaban | |
preterite | amé | amaste | amó | amamos | amasteis | amaron | |
future | amaré | amarás | amará | amaremos | amaréis | amarán | |
conditional | amaría | amarías | amaría | amaríamos | amaríais | amarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | ame | amestú amésvos2 |
ame | amemos | améis | amen | |
imperfect (ra) |
amara | amaras | amara | amáramos | amarais | amaran | |
imperfect (se) |
amase | amases | amase | amásemos | amaseis | amasen | |
future1 | amare | amares | amare | amáremos | amareis | amaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | amatú amávos |
ame | amemos | amad | amen | ||
negative | no ames | no ame | no amemos | no améis | no amen |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive amar | |||||||
dative | amarme | amarte | amarle, amarse | amarnos | amaros | amarles, amarse | |
accusative | amarme | amarte | amarlo, amarla, amarse | amarnos | amaros | amarlos, amarlas, amarse | |
with gerund amando | |||||||
dative | amándome | amándote | amándole, amándose | amándonos | amándoos | amándoles, amándose | |
accusative | amándome | amándote | amándolo, amándola, amándose | amándonos | amándoos | amándolos, amándolas, amándose | |
with informal second-person singular imperative ama | |||||||
dative | ámame | ámate | ámale | ámanos | not used | ámales | |
accusative | ámame | ámate | ámalo, ámala | ámanos | not used | ámalos, ámalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative ame | |||||||
dative | ámeme | not used | ámele, ámese | ámenos | not used | ámeles | |
accusative | ámeme | not used | ámelo, ámela, ámese | ámenos | not used | ámelos, ámelas | |
with first-person plural imperative amemos | |||||||
dative | not used | amémoste | amémosle | amémonos | amémoos | amémosles | |
accusative | not used | amémoste | amémoslo, amémosla | amémonos | amémoos | amémoslos, amémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative amad | |||||||
dative | amadme | not used | amadle | amadnos | amaos | amadles | |
accusative | amadme | not used | amadlo, amadla | amadnos | amaos | amadlos, amadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative amen | |||||||
dative | ámenme | not used | ámenle | ámennos | not used | ámenles, ámense | |
accusative | ámenme | not used | ámenlo, ámenla | ámennos | not used | ámenlos, ámenlas, ámense |
Usage notes
amar typically refers to romantic love, querer refers to platonic love, and encantar refers to strong affection for an object or activity.
Further reading
- “amar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Venetian
Conjugation
- Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
infinitive | amar | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
auxiliary verb | aver | gerund | amando | |||
past participle | amà | |||||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | mi | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
present | amo | (te) ami | (el/ła) ama | amémo, amòn | amé | (i/łe) ama |
imperfect | amava | (te) amavi | (el/ła) amava | amàvimo | amavi | (i/łe) amava |
future | amarò | (te) amarè | (el/ła) amarà | amarémo | amarè | (i/łe) amarà |
conditional | mi | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
present | amarìa | (te) amarisi | (el/ła) amarìa | amarìsimo | amarisi | (i/łe) amarìa |
subjunctive | che mi | che ti | che eło / eła | che noialtri / noialtre | che voialtri / voialtre | che łuri / łore |
present | ame, ama | (te) ami | (el/ła) ame, (el/ła) ama | amémo, amone | amé | (i/łe) ame, (i/łe) ama |
imperfect | amase | (te) amasi | (el/ła) amase | amàsimo | amasi | (i/łe) amase |
imperative | — | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
— | (te) ama | (el/ła) ama, (el/ła) ame | amémo | amé | (i/łe) ama, (i/łe) ame |