"amato" meaning in Italian

See amato in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /aˈma.to/ Forms: amata [feminine], amati [masculine, plural], amate [feminine, plural], amatissimo [superlative]
Rhymes: -ato Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{it-adj|sup=amatissimo}} amato (feminine amata, masculine plural amati, feminine plural amate, superlative amatissimo)
  1. beloved, dear, loved, darling
    Sense id: en-amato-it-adj-hVqWZD8c Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 23 25 26 24 4
  2. favourite/favorite
    Sense id: en-amato-it-adj-YaJOikhg Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 23 25 26 24 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: beneamato
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

IPA: /aˈma.to/ Forms: amata [feminine], amati [masculine, plural], amate [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -ato Etymology: Inherited from Latin hāmātus. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|it|la|hāmātus|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin hāmātus, {{inh+|it|la|hāmātus}} Inherited from Latin hāmātus Head templates: {{it-adj}} amato (feminine amata, masculine plural amati, feminine plural amate)
  1. hooked, barbed
    Sense id: en-amato-it-adj-oizs1bId Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 23 25 26 24 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /aˈma.to/ Forms: amati [plural], amata [feminine]
Rhymes: -ato Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{it-noun|m|f=+}} amato m (plural amati, feminine amata)
  1. beloved, sweetheart Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-amato-it-noun-kO6TtOAj Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 23 25 26 24 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /aˈma.to/ Forms: amata [feminine], amati [masculine, plural], amate [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -ato Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{it-pp}} amato (feminine amata, masculine plural amati, feminine plural amate)
  1. past participle of amare Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: amare
    Sense id: en-amato-it-verb-iLiRp96C
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.