enamorado

Etymology

From Spanish enamorado.

Noun

enamorado (plural enamoradoes)

1. (dated) A lover; a person in love.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:lover

   • 1968, Tom Wolfe, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Bantam, published 1997, →ISBN, page 2:

     Two more things they are looking at out there are a sign on the rear bumper reading “Custer Died for Your Sins” and, at the wheel, Lois's enamorado Stewart Brand, a thin blond guy with a blazing disk on his forehead too, and a whole necktie made of Indian beads.

Anagrams

• aeromonad

Etymology

Past participle of enamorar.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: e‧na‧mo‧ra‧do

Adjective

enamorado (feminine enamorada, masculine plural enamorados, feminine plural enamoradas)

1. infatuated, smitten

Participle

enamorado (feminine enamorada, masculine plural enamorados, feminine plural enamoradas)

1. past participle of enamorar

Etymology

Past participle of enamorar. Compare Catalan enamorat, Portuguese namorado and Italian innamorato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enamoˈɾado/ [e.na.moˈɾa.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: e‧na‧mo‧ra‧do

Adjective

enamorado (feminine enamorada, masculine plural enamorados, feminine plural enamoradas)

1. infatuated, having a crush on, feeling love or attraction for another

   Ella está enamorada de mi hermano.

   She has a crush on my brother.

2. enamored, in love, smitten

   Estoy enamorado de tu hermana.

   I am in love with your sister.

Noun

enamorado m (plural enamorados, feminine enamorada, feminine plural enamoradas)

1. lover (person in love)

Participle

enamorado (feminine enamorada, masculine plural enamorados, feminine plural enamoradas)

1. past participle of enamorar

Further reading

• “enamorado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10