Amarse Examples, Sentences & Quiz in Spanish
amarse means "to love each other" in English, and this page shows it in everyday use: real example sentences in several tenses, two short dialogues, the mistakes learners actually make, and a quiz to test yourself. You will see amarse with the first day, secret for years, madly in their youth and spite of the distance — the situations where Spanish speakers really use it. A good first sentence to learn is: Cada día, yo me amo desde el primer día. — "Every day, I love each other from the first day." Read the examples aloud, notice which tense each one uses, and then try the dialogues and the quiz.
amarse in everyday sentences
Twelve sentences with amarse, grouped by situation. Each one shows the verb in a different tense or person, with its English translation and a note on when to use that form.
Everyday use
- Cada día, yo me amo desde el primer día. — "Every day, I love each other from the first day." The present tense fits a habit here.
- Ayer, yo me amé en secreto durante años. — "Yesterday, I loved each other in secret for years." The preterite fits one finished action.
- Antes, yo me amaba con locura en la juventud. — "In the past, I used to love each other madly in their youth." The imperfect fits a repeated action in the past.
- Mañana, nosotros nos amaremos a pesar de la distancia. — "Tomorrow, we will love each other in spite of the distance." The future tense fits a plan for tomorrow.
- Si pudieras, tú te amarías desde el primer día. — "If you could, you would love each other from the first day." The conditional fits something that would happen.
- Yo me he amado en secreto durante años. — "I have loved each other in secret for years." The present perfect fits an action with present relevance.
More situations
- Normalmente, él se ama con locura en la juventud. — "Normally, he/she loves each other madly in their youth." The present tense fits a general truth here.
- Ayer, él se amó a pesar de la distancia. — "Yesterday, he/she loved each other in spite of the distance." The preterite fits one finished action.
- Antes, nosotros nos amábamos desde el primer día. — "In the past, we used to love each other from the first day." The imperfect fits a repeated action in the past.
- Mañana, yo me amaré en secreto durante años. — "Tomorrow, I will love each other in secret for years." The future tense fits a plan for tomorrow.
- Espero que él se ame con locura en la juventud. — "I hope that he/she loves each other madly in their youth." The present subjunctive follows espero que.
- ¡No te ames a pesar de la distancia! — "Do not love each other in spite of the distance!" The imperative fits a direct order or request.
The verb in context
Two short dialogues using amarse naturally. Notice how the verb changes person and tense as the conversation moves, and how the complements stay the same kind of situation: the first day, secret for years, madly in their youth and spite of the distance.
Dialogue 1: talking about the first day
Lucía: ¿Tú te amas desde el primer día? — "Do you love each other from the first day?" Pedro: Sí, yo me amo desde el primer día. — "I love each other from the first day." Lucía: ¿Y ayer? — "And yesterday?" Pedro: Ayer, yo me amé en secreto durante años. — "Yesterday, I loved each other in secret for years." Lucía: Mañana, nosotros nos amaremos con locura en la juventud. — "Tomorrow, we will love each other madly in their youth." Pedro: Si pudiera, yo me amaría a pesar de la distancia. — "If I could, I would love each other in spite of the distance." Lucía: Antes, yo me amaba en secreto durante años. — "In the past, I used to love each other in secret for years." Pedro: Yo me he amado desde el primer día. — "I have loved each other from the first day." Lucía: ¡No te ames con locura en la juventud! — "Do not love each other madly in their youth!"
In this dialogue amarse appears in the present, the preterite, the imperfect, the future, the conditional and the present perfect. That is the point: one verb, many tenses, and the complement tells you which situation you are in. Try the same dialogue with your own complements.
Dialogue 2: talking about madly in their youth
Lucía: Él se ama con locura en la juventud. — "he/she loves each other madly in their youth." Pedro: ¿De verdad? ¿Él se ama con locura en la juventud todos los días? — "Really? Does he/she loves each other madly in their youth every day?" Lucía: Sí, y ellos se aman a pesar de la distancia. — "they love each other in spite of the distance." Pedro: Ayer, ellos se amaron con locura en la juventud. — "Yesterday, they loved each other madly in their youth." Lucía: Espero que él se ame a pesar de la distancia. — "I hope that he/she loves each other in spite of the distance." Pedro: Mañana, él se amará con locura en la juventud. — "Tomorrow, he/she will love each other madly in their youth." Lucía: Antes, nosotros nos amábamos a pesar de la distancia. — "In the past, we used to love each other in spite of the distance." Pedro: Nosotros nos amamos desde el primer día también. — "we love each other from the first day too."
This dialogue shows amarse in the third person and in the plural, which is where learners most often hesitate. Read it aloud with a partner, swapping the names and the complements for your own life, and the forms will start to feel automatic.
Common mistakes with amarse
The errors learners actually make with amarse in everyday use, each with the wrong form, the right form, and why it is wrong.
Mistake 1: Forgetting the reflexive pronoun
- Wrong: Yo amo desde el primer día.
- Right: Yo me amo desde el primer día.
- Why: amarse is reflexive, so the pronoun is part of the verb: Yo me amo desde el primer día.. Without me the sentence is incomplete.
Mistake 2: Using the infinitive as a conjugated form
- Wrong: Yo amarse desde el primer día.
- Right: Yo me amo desde el primer día.
- Why: The infinitive amarse is the dictionary form, not a conjugated form. In a sentence with yo you need the present-tense form amo.
Mistake 3: Using the present tense for yesterday
- Wrong: Ayer, yo me amo en secreto durante años.
- Right: Ayer, yo me amé en secreto durante años.
- Why: Ayer means yesterday, so the action is finished and needs the preterite: Ayer, yo me amé en secreto durante años. — "Yesterday, I loved each other in secret for years."
Mistake 4: Mixing up the gerund and the participle
- Wrong: Me estoy amado con locura en la juventud.
- Right: Me estoy amando con locura en la juventud.
- Why: After estar you need the gerund amando for the progressive. The participle amado goes with haber in the perfect tenses (me he amado), never after estar.
Mistake 5: Using the él form for nosotros
- Wrong: Nosotros nos ama desde el primer día.
- Right: Nosotros nos amamos desde el primer día.
- Why: The person and the ending must match: nosotros takes amamos, while ama belongs to él and ella.
Quiz: amarse in use
Test yourself with ten questions on amarse. The answers are explained, so read them even when you get a question right.
1. What is the yo form of amarse in the present tense?
- (a) amamos
- (b) amo
- (c) amas
- (d) ama
Answer: (b) amo. The yo form is amo.
2. What is the tú form of amarse in the present tense?
- (a) amas
- (b) amo
- (c) ama
- (d) amamos
Answer: (a) amas. The tú form is amas.
3. What is the él/ella form of amarse in the present tense?
- (a) amo
- (b) amas
- (c) amamos
- (d) ama
Answer: (d) ama. The él/ella form is ama.
4. Complete the sentence: Cada día, yo ___ desde el primer día.
- (a) ama
- (b) amamos
- (c) amo
- (d) amas
Answer: (c) amo. The sentence needs the yo form amo.
5. Complete the sentence: Ayer, yo ___ en secreto durante años.
- (a) amamos
- (b) amé
- (c) amaste
- (d) amó
Answer: (b) amé. Ayer needs the preterite, and the yo form is amé.
6. Complete the sentence: Antes, yo ___ con locura en la juventud.
- (a) amaba
- (b) amabas
- (c) amábamos
- (d) amabais
Answer: (a) amaba. Antes needs the imperfect, and the yo form is amaba.
7. Complete the sentence: Mañana, yo ___ a pesar de la distancia.
- (a) amarás
- (b) amará
- (c) amaremos
- (d) amaré
Answer: (d) amaré. Mañana needs the future, and the yo form is amaré.
8. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ desde el primer día.
- (a) te has amado
- (b) se ha amado
- (c) nos hemos amado
- (d) me he amado
Answer: (d) me he amado. The present perfect uses haber plus the participle: me he amado.
9. Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ con locura en la juventud.
- (a) améis
- (b) ame
- (c) ames
- (d) amemos
Answer: (b) ame. After espero que Spanish needs the subjunctive, and the él form is ame.
10. What does amarse mean in English?
- (a) to market
- (b) to love each other
- (c) to civilise
- (d) to colonise
Answer: (b) to love each other. amarse means "to love each other" in English.
Frequently asked questions about amarse
What does amarse mean?
amarse means "to love each other" in English. Use it when you talk about the first day, secret for years, madly in their youth and spite of the distance — for example: Cada día, yo me amo desde el primer día. — "Every day, I love each other from the first day."
Is amarse reflexive?
Yes. amarse is reflexive, so it always travels with a pronoun: me, te, se, nos, os, se. Cada día, yo me amo desde el primer día. — "Every day, I love each other from the first day." If you drop the pronoun, the sentence is incomplete.
What is the most common mistake with amarse?
Forgetting the reflexive pronoun. Learners write the bare form — for example, Yo amo desde el primer día — when the verb needs its pronoun: Cada día, yo me amo desde el primer día. — "Every day, I love each other from the first day." Keep the pronoun with the verb and the mistake disappears.
How can I practise amarse?
Take the quiz above, then make your own sentences: change the person in each example, change the complement to something from your own life, and say the sentence aloud. The verb quiz and the verb translator on this site give you more practice with the same forms.