Meaning & use
amor
Love, especially romantic love; a word borrowed into English from Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin.
See it in a sentence
The mural downtown simply reads 'amor' in bright red letters.
Their wedding invitation used the phrase 'con amor' instead of the English 'with love.'
A note on using this word
Amor appears in English mainly in song lyrics, art, and borrowed phrases rather than everyday sentences.
Words with a similar meaning
loveaffection
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