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[Facts] Re: Amadou
by lk (guest)
10/20/2007, 12:09 AM
in reply to a message by Cleveland Kent Evans
Interestingly, my father's friend is called 'Amador', and is Brazilian, of French origin. I always thought i meant 'lover'.
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- Lumia
10/21/2007, 2:02 AM
Amador, a Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Occitan... name, comes from the Latin personal name Amator, from amator, amatoris, "that loves, lover". The name was used among the early Christians symbolically ("one who loves God").The Occitan form is Amador (pronounced [ama'du]) and sometimes it is misspelled *Amadour or *Amadou, because of the French influence.
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- Mrs Claire (Miss Claire)   +5
10/20/2007, 3:05 PM
Amador could very well be lover in Spanish?
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- Tiziri (Irish_Clare)   +4
10/20/2007, 6:13 PM
Lover in Spanish (and Portuguese for that matter) is amante, I don't think Amador is a Spanish word (unless it's slang maybe).
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- Lumia   +3
10/21/2007, 1:57 AM
Amador is really a Spanish word (just as amante is), it means "that loves" but it doesn't connote a sexual thing. Amante could be a synonim of amador ("that loves") or a sexual/romantic lover.
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- Tiziri (Irish_Clare)   +2
10/21/2007, 6:42 AM
Okay, thanks for telling me. Could you possibly give amador in a sentence to show me how it's used?
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- Lumia   +1
10/21/2007, 7:32 AM
El arquitecto Santiago Calatrava se sigue considerando un amador de su profesión.
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- Tiziri (Irish_Clare)
10/21/2007, 8:43 AM
Muchas gracias :)
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