🇪🇸 Spanish

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

los amores

loves

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amores
/los aˈmoɾes/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say amores in Spanish?

IPA
/los aˈmoɾes/

How do you pronounce amores in Spanish?

amores is pronounced /los aˈmoɾes/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El amor verdadero es raro y precioso en este mundo.

True love is rare and precious in this world. (The masculine adjectives 'verdadero' and 'precioso' must agree with the masculine noun 'amor')

El amor profundo que siento por mi familia es incondicional.

The deep love that I feel for my family is unconditional. (The masculine adjectives 'profundo' and 'incondicional' must agree with the masculine noun 'amor')

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Why is it masculine?

Amores is masculine because it descends from the Latin noun "amōr" (accusative "amōrem"), which was inherently masculine in the second declension; Spanish preserved this grammatical gender as the language evolved from Latin, and masculine nouns ending in -or typically remained masculine through the -or/-or sound correspondence.

What is the Spanish word for loves?

The Spanish word for loves is los amores — masculine.

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