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l' amore
love
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How do you say amore in Italian?
How do you pronounce amore in Italian?
amore is pronounced /laˈmoːre/ in Italian.
Example sentences
Lo amore vero è raro e prezioso nella vita.
True love is rare and precious in life. (masculine adjectives: vero, prezioso agree with lo amore)
Lo amore profondo che ho provato era completamente puro.
The deep love I experienced was completely pure. (masculine adjectives: profondo, puro agree with lo amore)
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Why is it masculine?
Amore is masculine because it descends from Latin "amor" (nominative), which was a second-declension masculine noun, and Italian preserved this gender through its regular sound changes. The Latin word itself was grammatically masculine, likely because abstract nouns referring to emotions or forces were commonly masculine in Indo-European languages.
What is the Italian word for love?
The Italian word for love is l' amore — masculine.
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