amar

v.

1 to love.

ama a tu prójimo como a ti mismo love thy neighbor as thyself

El pueblo amaba al dictador The people loved the dictator.

Ella ama apasionadamente She loves passionately.

2 to love to.

Ella ama sentarse en el jardín She loves to sit in the garden.

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amar

► verbo transitivo

1 to love

► verbo pronominal amarse

1 (uso recíproco) to love each other, be in love (with each other)

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verb

to love

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VT to love

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1.

verbo transitivo to love

2.

amarse v pron (recípr)

a) (quererse) to love each other

amaos los unos a los otros — love one another

b) (hacer el amor) to make love

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= love.

Ex. All these novels are about young women meeting handsome men, at first disliking them and then discovering that they love them, with the inescapable 'happy ending' which means matrimony in these cases.

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* algunos lo aman, otros lo odian = love it or loathe it.

* amar con locura = love + Nombre + to bits.

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1.

verbo transitivo to love

2.

amarse v pron (recípr)

a) (quererse) to love each other

amaos los unos a los otros — love one another

b) (hacer el amor) to make love

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= love.

Ex: All these novels are about young women meeting handsome men, at first disliking them and then discovering that they love them, with the inescapable 'happy ending' which means matrimony in these cases.

* algunos lo aman, otros lo odian = love it or loathe it.

* amar con locura = love + Nombre + to bits.

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amar [A1 ]

vt

to love

siempre te amaré I shall always love you

amarás a Dios sobre todas las cosas thou shalt love the Lord thy God above all things

lucharon porque amaban la libertad they fought out of a love for freedom

■ amarse

v pron

(recípr)

1

(quererse): juraron amarse hasta la muerte they swore to love each other forever

amaos los unos a los otros love one another

2 (hacer el amor) to make love

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amar (conjugate amar) verbo transitivo
to love
amarse verbo pronominal (recípr) to love each other
amar verbo transitivo to love
'amar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
prójimo
- querer
- sobre
English:
love

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amar

♦ vt

to love;

Comp

amarás a Dios sobre todas las cosas thou shalt love God above all things;

Comp

ama a tu prójimo como a ti mismo love thy neighbour as thyself

♦ See also the pronominal verb amarse

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amar

v/t love;

hacerse amar be lovable

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amar vt

: to love

♦ See also the reflexive verb amarse

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amar vb to love