adoro

See also: adoró, adorò, and a dɔ rɔ

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əˈðo.ɾu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əˈðo.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈðo.ɾo]

Verb

adoro

1. first-person singular present indicative of adorar

Esperanto

Etymology

From adori +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [aˈdoro]
• Rhymes: -oro
• Hyphenation: a‧dor‧o

Noun

adoro (uncountable, accusative adoron)

1. worship; adoration

   Synonym: adorado

   • 1908, Aleksander Świętochowski, translated by Leon Zamenhof, Aspazio‎:

     Jen li, malgraŭ sia blinda adoro por Aspazio, multfoje plendis je ŝia mokado de l’ religio.

     Look, despite his blind adoration for Aspasia, he has repeatedly lamented the way in which she ridicules religion.

Galician

Verb

adoro

1. first-person singular present indicative of adorar

Italian

Verb

adoro

1. first-person singular present indicative of adorare

Anagrams

• odora

Latin

Etymology

From ad- +‎ ōrō (“beg”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈdoː.roː/, [äˈd̪oːroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈdo.ro/, [äˈd̪ɔːro]

Verb

adōrō (present infinitive adōrāre, perfect active adōrāvī, supine adōrātum); first conjugation

1. to speak to, accost, address; negotiate a matter with
2. to bring an accusation, accuse
3. to speak to someone to obtain something; ask, entreat, pray to, beseech, implore, plead
4. (religion, of gods or related objects) to revere, honor, worship, adore
5. (in a non-religious sense) to admire, esteem highly, marvel at, revere

Conjugation

Conjugation of adōrō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	adōrō	adōrās	adōrat	adōrāmus	adōrātis	adōrant
	imperfect	adōrābam	adōrābās	adōrābat	adōrābāmus	adōrābātis	adōrābant
	future	adōrābō	adōrābis	adōrābit	adōrābimus	adōrābitis	adōrābunt
	perfect	adōrāvī	adōrāvistī	adōrāvit	adōrāvimus	adōrāvistis	adōrāvērunt, adōrāvēre
	pluperfect	adōrāveram	adōrāverās	adōrāverat	adōrāverāmus	adōrāverātis	adōrāverant
	future perfect	adōrāverō	adōrāveris	adōrāverit	adōrāverimus	adōrāveritis	adōrāverint
passive	present	adōror	adōrāris, adōrāre	adōrātur	adōrāmur	adōrāminī	adōrantur
	imperfect	adōrābar	adōrābāris, adōrābāre	adōrābātur	adōrābāmur	adōrābāminī	adōrābantur
	future	adōrābor	adōrāberis, adōrābere	adōrābitur	adōrābimur	adōrābiminī	adōrābuntur
	perfect	adōrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	adōrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	adōrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	adōrem	adōrēs	adōret	adōrēmus	adōrētis	adōrent
	imperfect	adōrārem	adōrārēs	adōrāret	adōrārēmus	adōrārētis	adōrārent
	perfect	adōrāverim	adōrāverīs	adōrāverit	adōrāverīmus	adōrāverītis	adōrāverint
	pluperfect	adōrāvissem	adōrāvissēs	adōrāvisset	adōrāvissēmus	adōrāvissētis	adōrāvissent
passive	present	adōrer	adōrēris, adōrēre	adōrētur	adōrēmur	adōrēminī	adōrentur
	imperfect	adōrārer	adōrārēris, adōrārēre	adōrārētur	adōrārēmur	adōrārēminī	adōrārentur
	perfect	adōrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	adōrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	adōrā	—	—	adōrāte	—
	future	—	adōrātō	adōrātō	—	adōrātōte	adōrantō
passive	present	—	adōrāre	—	—	adōrāminī	—
	future	—	adōrātor	adōrātor	—	—	adōrantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		adōrāre	adōrāvisse	adōrātūrum esse	adōrārī	adōrātum esse	adōrātum īrī
participles		adōrāns	—	adōrātūrus	—	adōrātus	adōrandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		adōrandī	adōrandō	adōrandum	adōrandō	adōrātum	adōrātū

Derived terms

• adōrābilis
• adōrātiō
• adōrātor
• adōrātrīx

 

Descendants

• Old French: aorer
  • Middle French: aorer
    • French: adorer
  • Norman: adouother (Jersey)
  • → Middle English: aouren
• Old Occitan: asorar, azorar
• Old Galician-Portuguese: aorar
• Old Spanish: aorar
• → Albanian: adhuroj
• → Catalan: adorar
• → English: adore
• → French: adorer
• → Italian: adorare
• → Old French: adorer, adurer, aürer
  • Middle French: adorer
    • French: adorer
      • Haitian Creole: adore
    • → Dutch: adoreren
  • → Middle English: adoren
    • English: adore
• → Old Irish: ad·ora
  • Irish: adhair
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: adorar
  • Galician: adorar
  • Portuguese: adorar
• → Romanian: adora
• → Spanish: adorar

References

• “adoro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “adoro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• adoro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Noun

adoro m (uncountable)

1. will/desire to be as the other

Verb

adoro

1. first-person singular present indicative of adorar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈdoɾo/ [aˈð̞o.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -oɾo
• Syllabification: a‧do‧ro

Etymology 1

Deverbal from adorar.

Noun

adoro m (plural adoros)

1. (obsolete) adoration

Etymology 2

Verb

adoro

1. first-person singular present indicative of adorar

Further reading

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