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in reply to a message by Cleveland Kent Evans
Interestingly, my father's friend is called 'Amador', and is Brazilian, of French origin. I always thought i meant 'lover'.
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Amador, a Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Occitan... name, comes from the Latin personal name Amator, from amator, amatoris, "that loves, lover". The name was used among the early Christians symbolically ("one who loves God").
The Occitan form is Amador (pronounced [ama'du]) and sometimes it is misspelled *Amadour or *Amadou, because of the French influence.
The Occitan form is Amador (pronounced [ama'du]) and sometimes it is misspelled *Amadour or *Amadou, because of the French influence.
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Amador could very well be lover in Spanish?
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Lover in Spanish (and Portuguese for that matter) is amante, I don't think Amador is a Spanish word (unless it's slang maybe).
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Amador is really a Spanish word (just as amante is), it means "that loves" but it doesn't connote a sexual thing. Amante could be a synonim of amador ("that loves") or a sexual/romantic lover.
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