namorado

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese namorado, from namorar, from en- +‎ amor (“love”) +‎ -ar. Compare Catalan enamorat, Spanish enamorado and Italian innamorato.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /na.moˈɾa.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /na.moˈɾa.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /na.moˈɾa.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɐ.muˈɾa.du/ [nɐ.muˈɾa.ðu]

Noun

namorado m (plural namorados, feminine namorada, feminine plural namoradas)

1. boyfriend (male romantic partner)
2. (Brazil, zoology) type of marine fish – either Pseudopercis numida or Pseudopercis semifasciata, Brazilian sand perch species

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:namorado.

Derived terms

• ex-namorado

Related terms

• enamorado
• namoradeiro
• namorador
• namorar
• namorido

 

Participle

namorado (feminine namorada, masculine plural namorados, feminine plural namoradas)

1. past participle of namorar