admirar

Borrowed from Latin admirārī. More at English admire.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əd.miˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ad.miˈɾaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

admirar (first-person singular present admiro, first-person singular preterite admirí, past participle admirat)

1. to admire

Borrowed from French admirer and Italian ammirare.

admirar (ORB)

1. to admire

• Gauchet, Louis & Jeanjaquet, Jules & Tappolet, Ernest (1924‒33) “admirer”, in Glossaire des patois de la Suisse romande, Neuchâtel: Attinger.
• Stich, Dominique (2003) “admirar”, in Dictionnaire francoprovençal/français, français/francoprovençal: Dictionnaire des mots de base du francoprovençal: Orthographe ORB supradialectale standardisée, Thonon-les-Bains: Éditions Le Carré.

Learned borrowing from Latin admirārī. More at English admire.

admirar (first-person singular present admiro, first-person singular preterite admirei, past participle admirado)

1. to admire

Borrowed from Esperanto admiri, English admire, French admirer, Italian ammirare, Spanish admirar, from Latin admīror, admīrārī,.

• IPA^(key): /ad.miˈrar/

admirar (present tense admiras, past tense admiris, future tense admiros, imperative admirez, conditional admirus)

1. to admire

• admirinda

Learned borrowing from Latin admirārī. More at English admire.

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• Hyphenation: ad‧mi‧rar

admirar (first-person singular present admiro, first-person singular preterite admirei, past participle admirado)

1. (transitive) to admire (to regard with wonder)

   Admiro-a de longe, mas não ouso aproximar-me dela. ― I admire her from afar, but I dare not approach her.

2. (transitive) to admire (to value highly)

   Admiro muito o seu esforço. ― I greatly admire your effort.

3. (reflexive) to be amazed (to marvel at)

   Admiravam-se olhando as estrelas. ― They would be dazzled looking at the stars.

   Eu me admiro com a beleza do mundo. ― The world’s beauty amazes me.

• “admirar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “admirar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “admirar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “admirar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

Borrowed from Latin admirārī. More at English admire.

• IPA^(key): /admiˈɾaɾ/ [að̞.miˈɾaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ad‧mi‧rar

admirar (first-person singular present admiro, first-person singular preterite admiré, past participle admirado)

1. to admire

   Admiraba el trabajo de su amigo

   He admired his friend's work

2. to be admirable

   Me admira tu paciencia

   I admire your patience

3. (reflexive) to be amazed

   Se admiraron de su resistencia

   They were amazed at his courage

• “admirar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024