What does amore in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word amore in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use amore in Italian.

The word amore in Italian means love, love, love, my love, love, enthusiasm, passion, interest, love, benevolence, good will, charity, loves, heat, love at first sight, love of your country, brotherly love, brotherly love, tainted love, unhealthy love, my love, honey, unrequited love, there is no love without suffering, paternal love, fatherly love, platonic love, ageless love, to get along, with love, in peace and harmony, crime of passion, go into heat, make love, get along in peace and harmony, get on really well, elopement, declare eternal love for one another, swear undying love for one another, divine love, in love, the winner is the one who flees, love is blind, love letter, free love, love handles, there's no sex without love, There is no love without pain, out of love for, one way or the other, this love of mine, unlucky at cards but lucky in love, love story, viola d'amore. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word amore

love

sostantivo maschile (attrazione per il partner) (romantic)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Dopo mesi e mesi ha trovato il coraggio di confessarle quanto fosse forte l'amore che provava per lei.

After many months he gained the courage to tell her how deep his love was for her.

love

sostantivo maschile (affetto per parenti o amici) (platonic)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

L'amore materno è insostituibile.

Maternal love is irreplaceable.

love, my love

sostantivo maschile (persona amata)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Vieni qui, amore, che facciamo una foto insieme.

Come here, my love, so we can take a photo together.

love, enthusiasm, passion, interest

sostantivo maschile (forte interesse)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Ci accomuna un grande amore per le opere espressioniste.

We share a great love of expressionist art.

love

sostantivo maschile (sesso) (sex)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Ricorderò sempre la prima volta che facemmo l'amore.

I will always remember the first time we made love.

benevolence, good will, charity

sostantivo maschile (teologia (benevolenza, carità)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

L'amore per il prossimo è un dovere morale.

To love thy neighbor is one of the ten commandments.

loves

sostantivo plurale maschile (avventure, relazioni amorose) (literal)

(plural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors.")

Mio nonno ebbe molti amori.

My grandfather had many affairs.

heat

sostantivo maschile (animali (calore, estro) (animals)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Quando i gatti sono in amore si azzuffano spesso.

When cats are in heat they often fight.

love at first sight

love of your country

brotherly love

sostantivo maschile (affetto che lega due fratelli)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

brotherly love

sostantivo maschile (figurato (amore platonico) (figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

tainted love, unhealthy love

(often abusive)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

my love, honey

sostantivo maschile (vezzeggiativo: persona amata)

unrequited love

sostantivo maschile

Franco soffre per il suo amore non corrisposto.

Franco is suffering from unrequited love.

there is no love without suffering

verbo intransitivo (in amore si soffre sempre un po')

paternal love, fatherly love

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

platonic love

ageless love

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

to get along

with love

in peace and harmony

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")

They get along swimmingly.

crime of passion

sostantivo maschile (omicidio per motivi passionali)

go into heat

make love

(accoppiarsi)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

get along in peace and harmony, get on really well

elopement

sostantivo femminile

declare eternal love for one another, swear undying love for one another

divine love

in love, the winner is the one who flees

(literal translation)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

love is blind

interiezione (idiomatico (amore: non solo attrazione fisica)

love letter

sostantivo femminile (scritta alla persona amata)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

free love

love handles

(fat)

there's no sex without love

(litteral, probably from Italian song)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

There is no love without pain

(detto: in amore si soffre sempre un po')

out of love for

one way or the other

this love of mine

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

unlucky at cards but lucky in love

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

love story

viola d'amore

(musical instrument)

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