A Spanish and Portuguese verb meaning 'to love,' expressing affection, care, or romantic feelings toward someone or something.
From Latin 'amare,' one of the oldest and most fundamental verbs in Romance languages. The Latin root likely comes from Indo-European origins. It survived unchanged through centuries because the concept of love has remained central to human experience.
The verb 'amar' is one of the first words taught in Spanish classes because it's conjugated perfectly regularly—it's like the textbook example. But what's wild is that in English, our irregular verbs tend to be the ones we use most (like 'be,' 'have,' 'do'), which shows that frequent words get worn down and twisted by constant use in language evolution.
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