amoroso

amoroso

See also: Amoroso

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian amoroso. Doublet of amorous.

Noun

amoroso (plural amorosos or amorosi)

1. A male lover.

Adjective

amoroso (not comparable)

1. (music) tender; loving

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.mɔ.ʁo.zo/

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Adverb

amoroso

1. (music) in a tender, loving style

Further reading

• “amoroso”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Galician

Etymology

From amor +‎ -oso, or from Vulgar Latin, Medieval Latin amorōsus, from Latin amor.

Adjective

amoroso m (feminine singular amorosa, masculine plural amorosos, feminine plural amorosas)

1. loving

Derived terms

• triángulo amoroso

Related terms

• amor

Further reading

• “amoroso” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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Italian

Etymology

From amore +‎ -oso, or from Vulgar Latin, Medieval Latin amorōsus, from Latin amor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.moˈro.zo/, (traditional) /a.moˈro.so/[1]
• Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
• Hyphenation: a‧mo‧ró‧so

Adjective

amoroso (feminine amorosa, masculine plural amorosi, feminine plural amorose)

1. amorous, loving

Noun

amoroso m (plural amorosi, feminine amorosa)

1. lover

   Synonyms: innamorato, moroso

Derived terms

• amorosamente
• amorosità
• moroso

 

References

1. amoroso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Portuguese

Etymology

From amor +‎ -oso, or from Vulgar Latin, Medieval Latin amorōsus, from Latin amor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.moˈɾo.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.moˈɾo.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.moˈɾo.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.muˈɾo.zu/

Adjective

amoroso (feminine amorosa, masculine plural amorosos, feminine plural amorosas, comparable, comparative mais amoroso, superlative o mais amoroso or amorosíssimo, metaphonic)

1. loving

Derived terms

• amorosamente

Further reading

• “amoroso” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian amoroso.

Adverb

amoroso

1. amoroso

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Spanish

Etymology

From amor +‎ -oso, or from Vulgar Latin, Medieval Latin amorōsus, from Latin amor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amoˈɾoso/ [a.moˈɾo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: a‧mo‧ro‧so

Adjective

amoroso (feminine amorosa, masculine plural amorosos, feminine plural amorosas)

1. amorous, loving
2. tender

Derived terms

• amorosamente
• amorosiento
• carta amorosa

 

Further reading

• “amoroso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014