Desenamorarse Examples, Sentences and Quiz
Desenamorarse means “to fall out of love”, and it is one of the verbs you will use every day in Spanish. Desenamorarse means to fall out of love, and it is used for feelings fading after a relationship ends or changes. It is always used with de, as in desenamorarse de su novio, and it is fully regular. This page shows desenamorarse in real sentences, in short dialogues, and in the mistakes learners make most often, and it finishes with a ten-question quiz so you can test yourself. Every sentence below comes with its English translation, and every form is the correct present-tense form unless the sentence is clearly marked as past or future. For a first taste: “Yo me desenamoro de su novio poco a poco.” — I fall out of love of her boyfriend little by little.
Desenamorarse in real example sentences
The twelve sentences below are grouped by how desenamorarse is used. Read each one out loud, then read the translation. If a sentence feels useful, copy it into your own notebook with one small change — a different time, a different person, a different place — and you have a new sentence of your own.
In the present: everyday use
These sentences use desenamorarse in the present tense, which is how you will meet it most often: routines, facts, and things happening now.
“Me desenamoro de su novio poco a poco.” — I fall out of love of her boyfriend little by little.
“¿Tú te desenamoras tras años de discusiones?” — Do you fall out of love after years of arguments?
“Se desenamora con el tiempo y la distancia.” — He/she falls out of love with time and distance.
“Nos desenamoramos de su marido el año pasado.” — We fall out of love of her husband last year.
Talking about the past
The present is not the only tense you need. These sentences show desenamorarse in the past, so you can talk about what already happened.
“Ayer, yo me desenamoré de su novio poco a poco.” — Yesterday, I fell out of love of her boyfriend little by little. (preterite)
“Él se desenamoraba tras años de discusiones todos los días.” — He used to fall out of love after years of arguments every day. (imperfect)
Plans and things already done
These sentences look forward, or look back at something already finished. Notice how the verb form changes while the meaning of desenamorarse stays the same.
“Nosotros nos desenamoraremos con el tiempo y la distancia mañana.” — We will fall out of love with time and distance tomorrow. (future)
“¿Te has desenamorado de su marido el año pasado?” — Have you fallen out of love of her husband last year? (present perfect)
More everyday uses
Four more present-tense sentences, covering the remaining persons, so you can see the whole table in action.
“Os desenamoráis de su novio poco a poco.” — You fall out of love of her boyfriend little by little.
“Se desenamoran tras años de discusiones.” — They fall out of love after years of arguments.
“Me desenamoro con el tiempo y la distancia.” — I fall out of love with time and distance.
“Se desenamora de su marido el año pasado.” — He/she falls out of love of her husband last year.
Desenamorarse in context
Single sentences teach you the forms. Dialogues teach you when to use them. Read the short conversation below, then the paragraph that follows, and notice how desenamorarse appears naturally, without anyone stopping to think about conjugation.
A short dialogue
Lucía: “¿Tú te desenamoras de su novio poco a poco?” — Do you fall out of love of her boyfriend little by little?
Carlos: “Sí, yo me desenamoro de su novio poco a poco.” — Yes, I fall out of love of her boyfriend little by little.
Lucía: “Nosotros nos desenamoramos tras años de discusiones.” — We fall out of love after years of arguments.
Carlos: “Y ellos se desenamoran con el tiempo y la distancia.” — And they fall out of love with time and distance.
Lucía: “Vosotros os desenamoráis de su marido el año pasado.” — You fall out of love of her husband last year.
Carlos: “Sí, y él se desenamora tras años de discusiones.” — Yes, and he falls out of love after years of arguments.
A short paragraph
Lucía se desenamora de su novio poco a poco, y Carlos se desenamora tras años de discusiones. Nosotros nos desenamoramos con el tiempo y la distancia, y ellos se desenamoran de su marido el año pasado. Yo me desenamoro con el tiempo y la distancia, y mi padre se desenamora de su marido el año pasado. Desenamorarse is part of everyday life, because to fall out of love is something Spanish speakers do again and again, in every tense and every situation.
Common mistakes with desenamorarse
These are the errors learners actually make with desenamorarse. Each one shows the wrong version, the right version, and why the correction matters.
Wrong: “Yo desenamoro de su novio poco a poco.” Right: “Yo me desenamoro de su novio poco a poco.” Why: Desenamorarse is reflexive, so the pronoun me is required: without it the verb means something else, or nothing at all.
Wrong: “Ayer yo desenamoro tras años de discusiones.” Right: “Ayer yo desenamoré tras años de discusiones.” Why: The present and the preterite are different tenses: desenamoro is happening now, while desenamoré is a finished action in the past. Use the preterite with ayer.
Wrong: “Treating desenamorarse and enamorarse as identical in every context.” Right: “Desenamorarse means to fall out of love, while enamorarse means to fall in love.” Why: They overlap, but each has uses the other does not: desenamorarse fits sentences such as Me desenamoro de su novio poco a poco, while enamorarse belongs in a different sentence. Check the meaning you want before choosing.
Wrong: “Yo soy desenamorado tras años de discusiones.” Right: “Yo he desenamorado tras años de discusiones.” Why: Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he desenamorado, has desenamorado, ha desenamorado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
Wrong: “De niño, yo desenamoré con el tiempo y la distancia todos los días.” Right: “De niño, yo desenamoraba con el tiempo y la distancia todos los días.” Why: For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (desenamoraba), not the preterite. The preterite (desenamoré) is for one finished action.
Quiz: desenamorarse in use
Ten questions on desenamorarse in real sentences. Choose the correct answer for each one, then check the answer key. Every answer is explained.
1. Complete the sentence: “Vosotros ______ de su novio poco a poco.” (Of her boyfriend little by little.)
- (a) os desenamoráis
- (b) me desenamoro
- (c) te desenamoras
Answer: os desenamoráis — The vosotros/as form of desenamorarse in the present is os desenamoráis.
2. Complete the sentence: “Ellos ______ tras años de discusiones.” (After years of arguments.)
- (a) me desenamoro
- (b) te desenamoras
- (c) se desenamoran
Answer: se desenamoran — The ellos/ellas/Uds. form of desenamorarse in the present is se desenamoran.
3. Complete the sentence: “Yo ______ de su novio poco a poco.” (Of her boyfriend little by little.)
- (a) se desenamoró
- (b) me desenamoré
- (c) te desenamoraste
Answer: me desenamoré — The yo form of desenamorarse in the preterite is me desenamoré.
4. Complete the sentence: “Él ______ tras años de discusiones.” (After years of arguments.)
- (a) se desenamoraba
- (b) me desenamoraba
- (c) te desenamorabas
Answer: se desenamoraba — The él/ella/Ud. form of desenamorarse in the imperfect is se desenamoraba.
5. Complete the sentence: “Nosotros ______ con el tiempo y la distancia.” (With time and distance.)
- (a) me desenamoraré
- (b) te desenamorarás
- (c) nos desenamoraremos
Answer: nos desenamoraremos — The nosotros/as form of desenamorarse in the future is nos desenamoraremos.
6. What does desenamorarse mean in English?
- (a) to get worse
- (b) to fall out of love
- (c) to fall in love
Answer: to fall out of love — Desenamorarse means “to fall out of love”. The other options are the meanings of different verbs.
7. Which sentence is correct?
- (a) Yo me desenamoro de su novio poco a poco.
- (b) Ellos desenamora de su novio poco a poco.
- (c) Yo me desenamoro tras años de discusiones ayer.
Answer: Yo me desenamoro de su novio poco a poco. — “Yo me desenamoro de su novio poco a poco.” is correct. The other two sentences contain the mistakes explained in the section above.
8. How do you say “I fall out of love of her boyfriend little by little.” in Spanish?
- (a) Yo se desenamoran de su novio poco a poco.
- (b) Yo me desenamoré de su novio poco a poco.
- (c) Yo me desenamoro de su novio poco a poco.
Answer: Yo me desenamoro de su novio poco a poco. — “Yo me desenamoro de su novio poco a poco.” is the correct translation. The second option uses the wrong person's form, and the third uses the preterite.
9. What is the nosotros form of desenamorarse in the present tense?
- (a) te desenamoras
- (b) nos desenamoramos
- (c) me desenamoro
Answer: nos desenamoramos — The nosotros form is nos desenamoramos.
10. Which of these sentences is in the present tense?
- (a) Ayer, yo me desenamoré de su novio poco a poco.
- (b) Nosotros nos desenamoraremos de su novio poco a poco mañana.
- (c) Yo me desenamoro de su novio poco a poco.
Answer: Yo me desenamoro de su novio poco a poco. — “Yo me desenamoro de su novio poco a poco.” is in the present tense. The other two are in the preterite and the future.
Frequently asked questions
How do you say 'I fall out of love' in Spanish?
Say 'Yo me desenamoro de su novio poco a poco'. The complement follows directly, as in the examples above. For a routine, add a time expression: 'Yo me desenamoro de su novio poco a poco todos los días'.
How do you say 'I fall out of love' in the past?
For one finished action, say 'Ayer, yo me desenamoré tras años de discusiones'. For a repeated habit, say 'Yo me desenamoraba tras años de discusiones todos los días'. For something already done, say 'Yo me he desenamorado tras años de discusiones'.
What is the difference between desenamorarse and enamorarse?
Desenamorarse means to fall out of love, while enamorarse means to fall in love. They are easy to confuse because they appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use desenamorarse when you mean to fall out of love, as in Me desenamoro de su novio poco a poco.
Related pages
- Full conjugation of desenamorarse — every tense of desenamorarse in one place.
- Desenamorarse in the present tense — the full table and usage rules for one tense.
- Spanish verbs — the hub for every Spanish verb on VerbFlow.
- Verb quiz — test yourself on desenamorarse and other verbs.
- Conjugation practice — drill the forms of desenamorarse until they are automatic.