Meaning & use

amor

noun·Advanced

Love, especially romantic love; a word borrowed into English from Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin.

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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.

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