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amate

Spanish, noun

amate is spelled A-M-A-T-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 69,196th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amate is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Ficus obtusifolia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a second-person singular voseo imperative of amar combined with te. With an accent, ámate is a different word: “second-person singular imperative of amar combined with te”. With an accent, amaté is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of amatar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Ficus insipida) especie de árbol del género Ficus, que mantiene varios usos entre diferentes pueblos…”.

What does amate mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineFicus obtusifolia

  2. 2

    masculinepetiolate fig (Ficus petiolaris)

  3. 3

    masculineFicus segoviae

  4. 4

    masculineFlorida strangler fig (Ficus aurea)

  5. 5

    masculinecreeping fig (Ficus pumila)

  6. 6

    masculineamate paper

  7. 7

    masculineamate (art form)

verb

  1. 1

    second-person singular voseo imperative of amar combined with te

  2. 2

    first/third-person singular present subjunctive

  3. 3

    third-person singular imperative

verb

as ámate
  1. 1

    second-person singular imperative of amar combined with te

verb

as amaté
  1. 1

    first-person singular preterite indicative of amatar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. (Ficus insipida) especie de árbol del género Ficus, que mantiene varios usos entre diferentes pueblos indígenas de América.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of amate

  • amates plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to amate

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is amate in Spanish?

amate appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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