Amor
Achille Lauro
How to study this song
Learning “Amor” means 62 entries at B1- — 19 Italian words, 8 adjectives and 35 verb forms, every one taken from what the song actually says. Start with the glossary: amor, roma and trastevere come up again and again, so they are the ones to know first. This one leans on its verbs: 35 distinct forms against 8 adjectives, so conjugation is where the effort goes. At this level part of the list will already be familiar; the rest is what closes the gap.
The words of this song, in several languages
Every word below is taken from this song and translated by us. Nothing here is the lyric itself — these are the individual words you need in order to follow it.
Vocabulary
| IT | EN | ES | FR | PT | NL | DE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| amor | love | amor | mon amour | amor | liefje | Liebling |
| roma | Rome | Roma | Rome | Roma | Rome | Rom |
| trastevere | Trastevere | Trastevere | Trastevere | Trastevere | Trastevere | Trastevere |
This card holds 16 more words. You meet them when you play the song.
Adjectives
What this song teaches you
Level · B1-
- Vocabulary words
- 19
- Adjectives
- 8
- Word combos
- 4
- Expressions
- 12
- Verb forms
- 35
- Quiz questions
- 35
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Background
About the song
Achille Lauro released «Amor» on 18 April 2025. It is a night in Rome told to someone who is staying behind, and the city is as much a character as the person being addressed: Trastevere at dawn, a serenade, a sky the singer keeps pointing at. Lauro built his reputation on costume and provocation, but this is the quieter register he has moved towards — a pop song with almost no ornament, carried by a voice that keeps promising to change nothing about the life it has chosen.
Did you know?
The song slips into Roman dialect twice, in phrases a textbook would mark as wrong — a shortened verb and a clipped article — which is exactly how the city actually speaks.
Charts & streaming
Released 18 April 2025. It appears on the album «Comuni mortali».