eu te amo

Portuguese

Portuguese phrasebook
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Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (eu te amo) /ˈew t͡ʃi ˈɐ̃.mu/ [ˈeʊ̯ t͡ʃi ˈɐ̃.mu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (eu te amo) /ˈew te ˈɐ.mo/ [ˈeʊ̯ te ˈɐ.mo]

 

Phrase

eu te amo, eu amo-te

  1. I love you (affirmation of romantic feeling)
  2. I love you (affection and caring of family members or friends)

Usage notes

  • The pronoun te may be placed before or after the verb amo. The former placement is mostly used by Brazilian speakers, and the latter, elsewhere.
  • The pronoun eu is often omitted: te amo, amo-te. But Brazilians, in formal contexts, may not omit it clause-initially (where a proclitic is proscribed) as an enclitic would be odd.
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