amador

From Latin amātōrem.

amador (feminine amadora, masculine plural amadors, feminine plural amadores)

1. loving

• “amador”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “amador”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “amador” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “amador” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Latin amator, amatorem.

amador m (oblique plural amadors, nominative singular amadors, nominative plural amador)

1. lover (one who loves)

Inherited from Latin amātōrem. By surface analysis, amar +‎ -dor.

• Rhymes: -oʁ, -oɾ
• Hyphenation: a‧ma‧dor

amador m (plural amadores, feminine amadora, feminine plural amadoras)

1. amateur (someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful)
2. (now rare) a lover of something

amador (feminine amadora, masculine plural amadores, feminine plural amadoras)

1. loving
2. voluntary
3. amateur

Inherited from Latin amātōrem. By surface analysis, amar +‎ -dor. Doublet of amateur.

• Rhymes: -oɾ

• IPA^(key): /amaˈdoɾ/ [a.maˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ma‧dor

amador (feminine amadora, masculine plural amadores, feminine plural amadoras)

1. loving

   Synonym: amante

amador m (plural amadores, feminine amadora, feminine plural amadoras)

1. lover (one who loves)

• “amador”, 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