adamar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adamāre (“to love greatly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adaˈmaɾ/ [a.ð̞aˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧da‧mar

Verb

adamar (first-person singular present adamo, first-person singular preterite adamé, past participle adamado)

1. (transitive, dated) to love vehemently
2. (reflexive) to be enamored

Conjugation

    Conjugation of adamar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			adamar
gerund			adamando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		adamado		adamada
		plural		adamados		adamadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	adamo	adamastú adamásvos	adama	adamamos	adamáis	adaman
	imperfect	adamaba	adamabas	adamaba	adamábamos	adamabais	adamaban
	preterite	adamé	adamaste	adamó	adamamos	adamasteis	adamaron
	future	adamaré	adamarás	adamará	adamaremos	adamaréis	adamarán
	conditional	adamaría	adamarías	adamaría	adamaríamos	adamaríais	adamarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	adame	adamestú adamésvos2	adame	adamemos	adaméis	adamen
	imperfect (ra)	adamara	adamaras	adamara	adamáramos	adamarais	adamaran
	imperfect (se)	adamase	adamases	adamase	adamásemos	adamaseis	adamasen
	future1	adamare	adamares	adamare	adamáremos	adamareis	adamaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		adamatú adamávos	adame	adamemos	adamad	adamen
	negative		no adames	no adame	no adamemos	no adaméis	no adamen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

• “adamar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28