# amoroso
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian amoroso. Doublet of amorous and amoureux.

### Noun

amoroso (plural amorosos or amorosi)
* A male lover.

### Adjective

amoroso (not comparable)
* (music) tender; loving

## French
### Etymology

From Italian amoroso. Doublet of amoureux.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.mɔ.ʁo.zo/
* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

amoroso
* (music) in a tender, loving style

### Further reading

* “amoroso”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *amōrōsus, derived from Latin amōrem (“love”). By surface analysis, amor +‎ -oso.

### Adjective

amoroso (feminine amorosa, masculine plural amorosos, feminine plural amorosas)
* loving

#### Derived terms

* triángulo amoroso

#### Related terms

* amor

### Further reading

* “amoroso”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Italian
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *amōrōsus, derived from Latin amōrem (“love”). By surface analysis, amore +‎ -oso.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.moˈro.zo/, (traditional) /a.moˈro.so/
* Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
* Hyphenation: a‧mo‧ró‧so

### Adjective

amoroso (feminine amorosa, masculine plural amorosi, feminine plural amorose)
* amorous, loving

### Noun

amoroso m (plural amorosi, feminine amorosa)
* (now rare) lover
    Synonyms: innamorato, amante

#### Alternative forms

* moroso (regional)

#### Derived terms

* amorosamente
* amorosità
* moroso

#### Descendants

* →⇒ Albanian: moroze, morozë, morozhe (in phrases), marozhe
* → English: amoroso
* → French: amoroso
* → Romanian: amoros

### References

* ↑ amoroso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *amōrōsus, derived from Latin amōrem (“love”). By surface analysis, amor +‎ -oso.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.moˈɾo.zu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.moˈɾo.zu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.moˈɾo.zo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.muˈɾo.zu/
* Hyphenation: a‧mo‧ro‧so

### Adjective

amoroso (feminine amorosa, masculine plural amorosos, feminine plural amorosas, comparable, comparative mais amoroso, superlative o mais amoroso or amorosíssimo, metaphonic)
* loving

#### Derived terms

* amorosamente

### Further reading

* “amoroso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian amoroso.

### Adverb

amoroso
* amoroso

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *amōrōsus, derived from Latin amōrem (“love”). By surface analysis, amor +‎ -oso.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /amoˈɾoso/ [a.moˈɾo.so]
* Rhymes: -oso
* Syllabification: a‧mo‧ro‧so

### Adjective

amoroso (feminine amorosa, masculine plural amorosos, feminine plural amorosas)
* amorous
* loving
    Synonyms: cariñoso, querendón
* tender
    Synonym: tierno

#### Derived terms

* amorosamente
* amorosiento
* carta amorosa

### Further reading

* “amoroso”, 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