# adorar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adōrāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ə.ðuˈɾa]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ə.ðoˈɾa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [a.ðoˈɾaɾ]
* Homophone: adorà

### Verb

adorar (first-person singular present adoro, first-person singular preterite adorí, past participle adorat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/
* (transitive) to adore
* (transitive) to revere
* (transitive) to worship

#### Related terms

* adorable
* adoració
* adorador
* adoratori

### Further reading

* “adorar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “adorar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “adorar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “adorar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

### Anagrams

* rodara

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese adorar, borrowed from Latin adōrāre.

### Verb

adorar (first-person singular present adoro, first-person singular preterite adorei, past participle adorado)
* to adore
* to worship, revere
    Synonym: reverenciar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto adori, English adore, French adorer, Italian adorare, Spanish adorar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /adoˈrar/

### Verb

adorar (present tense adoras, past tense adoris, future tense adoros, imperative adorez, conditional adorus)
* (transitive, religion) to worship (a god)
* (transitive, general) to adore, idolize (someone or something)

#### Derived terms

* adoro (“worship; adoration”)
* adorinda (“adorable”)

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese adorar (displacing aorar), borrowed from Latin adōrāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.doˈɾa(ʁ)/ [a.doˈɾa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.doˈɾa(ʁ)/ [a.doˈɾa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.doˈɾa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.doˈɾa(ʁ)/ [a.doˈɾa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.doˈɾa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.duˈɾaɾ/ [ɐ.ðuˈɾaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.duˈɾaɾ/ [ɐ.ðuˈɾaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.duˈɾa.ɾi/ [ɐ.ðuˈɾa.ɾi]
* Audio (Brazil):(file)
* Hyphenation: a‧do‧rar

### Verb

adorar (first-person singular present adoro, first-person singular preterite adorei, past participle adorado)
* (transitive) to love (to have a great admiration or affection for something or someone)
    Synonyms: amar, (usually less intense) gostar
    Eu adoro artes clássicas! ― I love classical arts!
    A menina adora-o. ― The girl loves him.
* to adore, worship
    Synonyms: consagrar, reverenciar, venerar
    Os gregos adoravam a deusa Atena. ― The Greek worshipped the goddess Athena.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* adoração
* adorador
* adorável

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adōrāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /adoˈɾaɾ/ [a.ð̞oˈɾaɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧do‧rar

### Verb

adorar (first-person singular present adoro, first-person singular preterite adoré, past participle adorado)
* to adore (both literally and in the context of love)
* to worship

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* adorable
* adoración
* adorador

### Further reading

* “adorar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10