amado

adj. dear, beloved

n. beloved, love; inamorato

v. love

adj. darling, lover

n. darling, lover

adj. sweetheart, lady

v. love, hold dear

= beloved, loved, beloved, darling.
Ex: If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.
Ex: Listening to stories, poems, nursery rhymes, nonsense, while occupied with a loved adult in a comforting activity, acclimatizes the infant to the rhythms of prose and poetry.
Ex: This shows how quickly he lost his heart to his beloved, and that he believes in love at first sight.
Ex: Anyhow, family -- including my darling niece and nephew, who were a little bit off their oats when I arrived.
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* ser amado = loved-one.
* tan amado de todos = so beloved of all.
* tan amado por todos = so beloved of all.

= love.
Ex: All these novels are about young women meeting handsome men, at first disliking them and then discovering that they love them, with the inescapable 'happy ending' which means matrimony in these cases.
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* algunos lo aman, otros lo odian = love it or loathe it.
* amar con locura = love + Nombre + to bits.