amante

amante m or f (plural amantes)

1. lover (person who loves something)

• IPA^(key): [ˈamantɛ]

amante

1. vocative singular of amant

• IPA^(key): [aˈmante]
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• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: a‧man‧te

amante

1. present adverbial active participle of ami

• IPA^(key): /a.mɑ̃t/

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• Homophone: amantes

amante f (plural amantes)

1. female equivalent of amant (“lover”)

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

• amenât, émanât, entama

• IPA^(key): /aˈman.te/

amante

1. present participle of amar

amante

1. lover
   • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 128:

     A çiò che lo meîo amante el me cunprasse;

     So that my lover would buy me;

• IPA^(key): /aˈman.te/
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: a‧màn‧te

amante m or f by sense (plural amanti)

1. lover, paramour

amante (plural amanti)

1. present participle of amare

• manate, menata

amante

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of amāns

Learned borrowing from Latin amāns, amantem.

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi, (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ
• Hyphenation: a‧man‧te

amante m or f (plural amantes)

1. loving

amante m or f by sense (plural amantes)

1. lover (the one who loves)
2. lover (someone who is not one's official partner), affair

   Ele foi flagrado na cama com a sua amante!

   He was caught on the bed with his lover!

Learned borrowing from Latin amāns, amantem, or amar (“to love”) +‎ -ante.

• IPA^(key): /aˈmante/ [aˈmãn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: a‧man‧te

amante (plural amantes)

1. loving

   Synonym: amador

2. beloved; dear

amante m or f (plural amantes)

1. lover (one who loves another person)
2. lover (a sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair)
3. lover (a person who loves something)

• “amante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014