amparo

Borrowed from Spanish amparo.

amparo (plural amparos)

1. (law) In some Hispanic jurisdictions (such as Mexico) a writ or an appeal demanding or seeking the protection of constitutional rights similar to a habeas corpus acting as a remedy for the violation of a person's constitutional rights thereby invalidating any laws preventing said person from exercising them.

amparo

1. first-person singular present indicative of amparar

amparo

1. first-person singular present indicative of amparar

• Rhymes: -aɾu

Deverbal from amparar, from Latin ante parāre.

amparo m (plural amparos)

1. stand (device to hold something upright or aloft)

   Synonyms: apoio, encosto

2. shelter (a refuge or other protection)

   Synonyms: refúgio, abrigo, asilo

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

amparo

1. first-person singular present indicative of amparar

• “amparo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “amparo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• IPA^(key): /amˈpaɾo/ [ãmˈpa.ɾo]

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• Rhymes: -aɾo
• Syllabification: am‧pa‧ro

Deverbal from amparar.

amparo m (plural amparos)

1. shelter, sanctuary

   Synonyms: abrigo, asilo

2. protection

   Synonym: protección

3. aid, relief

   amparo social ― social security

   juicio de amparo ― (legal) action for relief; writ of relief

   juicio de amparo ― (Mexico) writs of prohibition, certiorari, injunction, and habeas corpus

4. exemption, pardon

   Synonyms: exención, perdón

• → English: amparo
• → Tagalog: amparo

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

amparo

1. first-person singular present indicative of amparar

• “amparo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Borrowed from Spanish amparo.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔamˈpaɾo/ [ʔɐmˈpaː.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -aɾo
• Syllabification: am‧pa‧ro
• Homophone: Amparo

amparo (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜉᜇᜓ)

1. protective shelter

   Synonyms: kublihan, silungan, kanlungan, kover, taguan

• “amparo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 31