1º_ It is the action of protecting ("protecting, sheltering"). 2º_ By the previous one, it is a type of legal and judicial safeguard, whose most exact name is "resource of amparo". 3º_ By extension it is said of the object, situation or person that protects. 4º_ 'Amparo' is also a woman's name, probably because of the previous meaning. 5º_ Inflection of the verb to protect . See verbs/amparo .