amor – Portuguese noun declension

Portuguese noun forms of amor

Noun: amor
Gender: m Hyphenation:
Singular mamor
Plural mamores

Sample Sentences

  • 1607, Luís Vaz de Camões, Rimas, Amor é fogo que arde sem se ver (Love is a fire that burns but is not seen)
  • Amor, você é como o sol / Ilumina o meu dia, mas queima minha pele (Darling, you're like the sun / You light up my day, but burn my skin) [2018, “Queima Minha Pele”, performed by Baco Exu do Blues:]
  • Amor, cheguei. (Honey, I'm home.)
  • Ele é um amor. (He is a lovely person.)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese amor, from Latin amōrem. Doublet of amore. See: Old Portuguese Nouns 'amor', Old Portuguese Nouns 'amor', Latin Nouns 'amor'.

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