El amor[edit | edit source]

Verbos[edit | edit source]

amar: to love (someone). Te amo: I love you (deeply).
querer: to care for; to love. Te quiero: I love you (I care for you deeply).
quererse: to love each other.
gustar: to like; to be physically attracted to. Me gusta María: I like María; I'm physically attracted to María.
encantar: to love (something); to enchant. Conjugate like gustar when using it for 'love' Me encanta la tele I love television.
gustarse: to be physically attracted to each other
tener cariño por alguien: to have sentimental feelings toward someone
salir con: to go out with; to date someone
estimar: to esteem
apreciar: to appreciate
abrazar: to hug. abrazos para ti: hugs for you
besar: to kiss. muchos besos para ti: many kisses for you
salir en cita con alguien: to go on a date with someone
terminar: to break up with. Pepe y yo terminamos: Pepe and I broke up (our relationship broke up or ended).
pelear: to argue.
enamorarse: to fall in love
casarse: to get married

el novio: boyfriend; fiancé; groom
la novia: girlfriend; fiancée; bride
los novios: dating couple; engaged couple; bride and groom
los prometidos: engaged couple
el matrimonio: marriage; wedding. Also: a married couple.
el esposo, el marido: husband
mi esposa, mi mujer, mi señora: my wife
mi jefa my wife (or my mom) lit. my boss (f)
el sacerdote: the priest
la iglesia: the church
la boda, el matrimonio: the wedding
la boda civil, el matrimonio civil: the civil service
la boda religiosa, el matrimonio religioso: the religious service
la luna de miel: honeymoon
la pareja: the couple
mi pareja: my partner; my significant other. It has feminine grammatical gender, so someone can say Antonio fue mi última pareja (Antonio was my last partner) even though Antonio is a male.
los convivientes: the cohabiting couple.
los amantes, los enamoradores: lovers.
amor: love
El día de los enamorados, el día de San Valentín: Valentines day