amar
Aromanian
Alternative forms
Catalan
Usage notes
- Amar is usually used in poetic contexts. The verb estimar is much more common.
Conjugation
infinitive | amar | ||||||
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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 |
References
- “amar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
Further reading
- “amar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “amar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “amar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Franco-Provençal
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ma/
Verb
amar
Conjugation

simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | amar | avêr amâ | |||||
gerund | ament | avêr amâ | |||||
auxiliary verb | 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 | jo (j') | tu (t') | il/elli | nos | vos | ils | |
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 | |
compound tenses | present perfect | present indicative of avêr + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avêr + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite indicative of avêr + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future indicative of avêr + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avêr + past participle | ||||||
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 | |
compound tenses | past | present subjunctive of avêr + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avêr + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | te | — | nos | vos | — | |
âma | amens | amâds |
Friulian
Alternative forms
Galician
Etymology
From Old Portuguese amar, from Latin amāre.
Verb
amar (first-person singular present amo, first-person singular preterite amei, past participle amado)
- to love
Conjugation
singular | plural | |||||
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person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
Infinitive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
impersonal | amar | |||||
personal | amar | amares | amar | amarmos | amardes | amaren |
Gerund | ||||||
amando | ||||||
Past participle | singular | plural | ||||
masculine | amado | amados | ||||
feminine | amada | amadas | ||||
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 | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
affirmative | – | ama | ame | amemos | amade | amen |
negative | – | ames | ame | amemos | amedes | amen |
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
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present | past | future | ||||
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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
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈamar/
- Hyphenation: a‧mar
Noun
amar (first-person possessive amarku, second-person possessive amarmu, third-person possessive amarnya)
Derived terms
- amaran
- mengamarkan
Further reading
- “amar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Interlingua
Conjugation
infinitive | amar | ||
---|---|---|---|
participle | present | perfect | |
amante | amate | ||
active | simple | perfect | |
present | ama | ha amate | |
past | amava | habeva amate | |
future | amara | habera amate | |
conditional | amarea | haberea amate | |
imperative | ama | ||
passive | simple | perfect | |
present | 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 |
Maltese
Root |
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'-m-r |
1 term |
Etymology
From Arabic أَمَرَ (ʾamara). An obsolete word that was revived by purists in the early 20th century on the basis of early Maltese sources.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.mar/
Occitan
Pronunciation
Audio (Béarn) (file)
Etymology 1
From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin amārus.
Etymology 2
From the Classical norm aimar, from Old Occitan amar, from Latin amāre.
Old Catalan
References
- “amar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *amarom (“wailing, crying”); compare Welsh afar (“lamentation”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaṽar/
Inflection
Neuter o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | amarN | amarN | amarL, amra |
Vocative | amarN | amarN | amarL, amra |
Accusative | amarN | amarN | amarL, amra |
Genitive | amairL | amar | amarN |
Dative | amarL | amraib | amraib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
|
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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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
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “amar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Occitan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈmaɾ/
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 amāre.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈma(ʁ)/ [aˈma(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /aˈma(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /aˈma(ʁ)/ [aˈma(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈma(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈmaɾ/
- Hyphenation: a‧mar
Verb
amar (first-person singular present amo, first-person singular preterite amei, 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, he never really loved.
Conjugation
Singular | Plural | |||||
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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 | amamos1, amámos2 | 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) | não ames | não ame | não amemos | não ameis | não amem |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin amārus (“bitter”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₃- (“to be hot”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈmar/
Audio (file)
Adjective
amar m or n (feminine singular amară, masculine plural amari, feminine and neuter plural amare)
Declension
Antonyms
Derived terms
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈmaɾ/ [aˈmaɾ]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧mar
Verb
amar (first-person singular present amo, first-person singular preterite amé, past participle amado)
Usage notes
amar typically refers to romantic love, querer refers to platonic love, and encantar refers to strong affection for an object or activity.
Conjugation
infinitive | amar | ||||||
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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 | ||||||
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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 tú imperative ama | |||||||
dative | ámame | ámate | ámale | ámanos | not used | ámales | |
accusative | ámame | ámate | ámalo, ámala | ámanos | not used | ámalos, ámalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative amá | |||||||
dative | amame | amate | amale | amanos | not used | amales | |
accusative | amame | amate | amalo, amala | amanos | not used | amalos, amalas | |
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 |
Further reading
- “amar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Sumerian
Venetian
Conjugation
- Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
infinitive | amar | |||||
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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 |