amador
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin amātor.
Adjective
amador (feminine amadora, masculine plural amadors, feminine plural amadores)
- loving
Further reading
- “amador” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “amador”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “amador” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “amador” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Latin amator, amatorem.
Noun
amador m (oblique plural amadors, nominative singular amadors, nominative plural amador)
- lover (one who loves)
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Latin amātōrem.
Noun
amador m (plural amadores, feminine amadora, feminine plural amadoras)
- amateur (someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful)
- (now rare) a lover of something
Adjective
amador (feminine amadora, masculine plural amadores, feminine plural amadoras)
- loving
- voluntary
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin amātor. Doublet of amateur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /amaˈdoɾ/ [a.maˈð̞oɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: a‧ma‧dor
Adjective
amador (feminine amadora, masculine plural amadores, feminine plural amadoras)
- loving
- Synonym: amante
Noun
amador m (plural amadores, feminine amadora, feminine plural amadoras)
- lover (one who loves)
Related terms
- amar
Further reading
- “amador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014