adorar

Borrowed from Latin adōrāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.ðuˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.ðoˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.ðoˈɾaɾ]
• Homophone: adorà

adorar (first-person singular present adoro, first-person singular preterite adorí, past participle adorat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (transitive) to adore
2. (transitive) to revere
3. (transitive) to worship

• adorable
• adoració
• adorador
• adoratori

• “adorar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “adorar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “adorar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “adorar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• rodara

From Old Galician-Portuguese adorar, borrowed from Latin adōrāre, present active infinitive of adōrō.

adorar (first-person singular present adoro, first-person singular preterite adorei, past participle adorado)

1. to adore
2. to worship, revere

   Synonym: reverenciar

Borrowed from Esperanto adori, English adore, French adorer, Italian adorare, Spanish adorar.

• IPA^(key): /adoˈrar/

adorar (present tense adoras, past tense adoris, future tense adoros, imperative adorez, conditional adorus)

1. (transitive, religion) to worship (a god)
2. (transitive, general) to adore, idolize (someone or something)

    Conjugation of adorar

		present		past		future
infinitive		adorar		adorir		adoror
tense		adoras		adoris		adoros
conditional		adorus
imperative		adorez
adjective active participle		adoranta		adorinta		adoronta
adverbial active participle		adorante		adorinte		adoronte
nominal active participle	singular	adoranto		adorinto		adoronto
	plural	adoranti		adorinti		adoronti
adjective passive participle		adorata		adorita		adorota
adverbial passive participle		adorate		adorite		adorote
nominal passive participle	singular	adorato		adorito		adoroto
	plural	adorati		adoriti		adoroti

• adoro (“worship; adoration”)
• adorinda (“adorable”)

From Old Galician-Portuguese adorar (displacing aorar), borrowed from Latin adōrāre.

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• Hyphenation: a‧do‧rar

adorar (first-person singular present adoro, first-person singular preterite adorei, past participle adorado)

1. (transitive) to love (to have a great admiration or affection for something or someone)

   Synonyms: amar, (usually less intense) gostar

   Eu adoro artes clássicas! ― I love classical arts!

   A menina adora-o. ― The girl loves him.

2. to adore, worship

   Synonyms: consagrar, reverenciar, venerar

   Os gregos adoravam a deusa Atena. ― The Greek worshipped the goddess Athena.

Borrowed from Latin adōrāre.

• IPA^(key): /adoˈɾaɾ/ [a.ð̞oˈɾaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧do‧rar

adorar (first-person singular present adoro, first-person singular preterite adoré, past participle adorado)

1. to adore (both literally and in the context of love)
2. to worship

• “adorar”, 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