amante

From amar +‎ -ante.

• IPA^(key): /aˈmante/ [aˈmãn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: a‧man‧te

amante m or f (plural amantes)

1. lover (person who loves something)

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “amante”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “amante”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): [ˈamantɛ]

amante

1. vocative singular of amant

• IPA^(key): /aˈmante/

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• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: a‧man‧te

amante

1. present adverbial active participle of ami

• IPA^(key): /a.mɑ̃t/

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• Homophone: amantes

amante f (plural amantes)

1. female equivalent of amant (“lover”)

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

• amenât, émanât, entama

• IPA^(key): /aˈmante/ [aˈmãn̪.t̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: a‧man‧te

amante

1. inflection of amantar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /aˈman.te/

amante

1. present participle of amar

Inherited from Latin amantem.

amante

1. lover
   • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 128:

     A çiò che lo meîo amante el me cunprasse;

     So that my lover would buy me;

• Sandro Cergna (2015), Vocabolario del dialetto di Valle d'Istria, →ISBN, page 24

Inherited from Latin amantem.

• IPA^(key): /aˈman.te/
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: a‧màn‧te

amante m or f by sense (plural amanti)

1. lover, paramour

amante m or f by sense (plural amanti)

1. present participle of amare

• manate, menata

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈman.tɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈman.te]

amante

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of amāns

amante

1. ablative singular of amāns

From Latin amantem.

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi, (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ
• Hyphenation: a‧man‧te

amante m or f (plural amantes)

1. loving (affectionate)

amante m or f by sense (plural amantes)

1. lover (one who cares for another in a romantic way)
2. lover (someone who is not one's official partner); mistress, side chick; the other man, the other woman

   Ele foi flagrado na cama com sua amante.

   He was caught on the bed with his lover.

• “amante”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “amante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

amante

1. inflection of amantar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Inherited from Latin amantem, or amar (“to love”) +‎ -ante.

• IPA^(key): /aˈmante/ [aˈmãn̪.t̪e]

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• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: a‧man‧te

amante m or f (masculine and feminine plural amantes)

1. loving

   Synonym: amador

2. beloved; dear

   Synonym: bienamado

amante m or f by sense (plural amantes)

1. lover (one who loves another person)
2. lover (a sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair)
3. lover (a person who loves something)

amante

1. inflection of amantar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• “amante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Borrowed from Spanish amante, from Latin amantem.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈmante/ [ʔɐˈman̪.t̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: a‧man‧te

amante (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. lover (one who loves another person); sweetheart

   Synonyms: mangingibig, kasintahan

2. wooer; suitor

   Synonyms: mangingibig, manliligaw

3. lover (sexual partner); affair

   Synonyms: kaapid, (female) kerida, (male) kerido, kulasisi, kalaguyo, kaasawa, (female) babae, (male) lalaki, patiki, kaagulo, (colloquial) kabit, (colloquial) bata, (obsolete) pangapol

amante (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. loving

   Synonym: mapagmahal

• “amante”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 28