🇮🇹 Italian

amori

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

gli amori

loves

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amori
/ʎi aˈmoːri/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say amori in Italian?

IPA
/ʎi aˈmoːri/

How do you pronounce amori in Italian?

amori is pronounced /ʎi aˈmoːri/ 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?

Amori 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 loves?

The Italian word for loves is gli amori — masculine.

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