🇵🇹 Portuguese

amores

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

os amores

loves

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amores
/us aˈmoɾis/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say amores in Portuguese?

IPA
/us aˈmoɾis/

How do you pronounce amores in Portuguese?

amores is pronounced /us aˈmoɾis/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O amor verdadeiro é raro e precioso.

True love is rare and precious. (The masculine article 'o' and masculine adjective 'verdadeiro' must agree with the masculine noun 'amor')

Aquele amor intenso que ele sentiu transformou sua vida completamente.

That intense love that he felt completely transformed his life. (The masculine demonstrative 'aquele' and masculine adjective 'intenso' must agree with the masculine noun 'amor', showing why gender agreement is grammatically required)

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Why is it masculine?

Amores is masculine in Portuguese because it descends from Latin "amōr" (accusative "amōrem"), which was a masculine noun in the second declension, and Portuguese preserved this gender along with the -or ending that typically marks masculine nouns. The Latin word itself likely derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *am- meaning "to love," but the masculine gender was simply inherited from Latin grammar rather than determined by the root's meaning.

What is the Portuguese word for loves?

The Portuguese word for loves is os amores — masculine.

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