amores

See also: Amores and amôres

Asturian

Noun

amores

plural of amor

Galician

Noun

amores

plural of amor

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈmoː.reːs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈmɔː.res]

Noun

amōrēs

nominative/accusative/vocative plural of amor

References

“amores”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

amôres (pre-reform spelling)

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmo.ɾis/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈmo.ɾiʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmo.ɾes/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈmo.ɾɨʃ/

Hyphenation: a‧mo‧res

Noun

amores

plural of amor

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmɔ.ɾis/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈmɔ.ɾiʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmɔ.ɾes/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈmɔ.ɾɨʃ/

Hyphenation: a‧mo‧res

Verb

amores

second-person singular present subjunctive of amorar

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈmoɾes/ [aˈmo.ɾes]
Rhymes: -oɾes
Syllabification: a‧mo‧res

Noun

amores m pl

plural of amor

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish amores, plural of amor, from Latin amōrem. Doublet of amor.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈmoɾes/ [ʔɐˈmoː.ɾɛs]
Rhymes: -oɾes
Syllabification: a‧mo‧res

Noun

amores (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜓᜇᜒᜐ᜔)

love affairs or escapades
Synonyms: amoriyos, pag-iibigan, pagmamahalan
(colloquial) unpleasant odor
Synonym: baho
red valerian
Synonym: amores mil

Related terms

See also

apid
baleryana
singaw

Further reading

“amores”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
“amores”, 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 31