Enamorar Examples, Sentences & Quiz

Introduction

enamorar means to win someone's love, and it is one of those verbs that shows up everywhere once you start listening for it. It is a regular -ar verb verb, and this page puts it to work: real example sentences in several tenses, grouped by use, two short passages that show the verb in context, the mistakes learners make with it, a ten-question quiz and answers to common questions. If you only learn one sentence, make it «Yo enamoro todos los días» — I win someone's love every day. The rest of this page builds out from there, tense by tense, so you can use enamorar the way native speakers do — in the present for habits, in the past for finished events, and in the subjunctive after wishes and doubts.

Enamorar in real example sentences

In the present: everyday use

The present is where enamorar lives most of the time — routines, facts and what is happening now:

  1. Yo enamoro todos los días. — I win someone's love every day.
  2. Tú enamoras en el trabajo. — You win someone's love at work.
  3. Él enamora con mi familia. — He wins someone's love with my family.
  4. Nosotros enamoramos por la mañana. — We win someone's love in the morning.

Talking about the past

In the past, choose the preterite for a finished event and the imperfect for a habit or background:

  1. Ayer yo enamoré por la tarde. — Yesterday I won someone's love in the afternoon.
  2. Antes, yo enamoraba todos los días. — In the past, I used to win someone's love every day.
  3. La semana pasada él enamoró dos veces. — Last week He won someone's love twice.

Plans and things already done

The future, the conditional and the present perfect round out the picture — plans, hypotheticals and recent events:

  1. Mañana yo enamoraré sin falta. — Tomorrow I will win someone's love without fail.
  2. Si tuviera más tiempo, yo enamoraría ahora mismo. — If I had more time, I would win someone's love right now.
  3. Hoy yo he enamorado dos veces. — Today I have won someone's love twice.

More everyday uses

The subjunctive, the imperative and the progressive cover wishes, commands and actions in progress:

  1. Espero que tú enamores pronto. — I hope You win someone's love soon.
  2. ¡enamora, por favor! — Win someone's love, please!
  3. Ahora mismo yo estoy enamorando. — Right now I am winning someone's love.

Enamorar in context

A short dialogue

Ana: «Yo enamoro en el trabajo.» — I win someone's love at work. Luis: «¡Qué bien! Yo enamoro con mi familia.» — I win someone's love with my family. Ana: «Mañana yo enamoraré sin falta.» — Tomorrow I will win someone's love without fail. Luis: «Si tuviera más tiempo, yo enamoraría ahora mismo.» — If I had more time, I would win someone's love right now. Ana: «Hoy yo he enamorado dos veces.» — Today I have won someone's love twice.

A short paragraph

Ayer yo enamoré por la tarde. Antes, yo enamoraba todos los días. Hoy yo he enamorado dos veces. Mañana yo enamoraré sin falta.

Yesterday I won someone's love in the afternoon. In the past, I used to win someone's love every day. Today I have won someone's love twice. Tomorrow I will win someone's love without fail.

Common mistakes with enamorar

1. Using the imperfect for a finished event

Wrong: Ayer yo enamoraba.

Right: Ayer yo enamoré.

Yesterday's finished action needs the preterite, enamoré. The imperfect enamoraba describes what used to happen or what was going on, not a single completed event.

2. Using the indicative after a subjunctive trigger

Wrong: Espero que tú enamoras.

Right: Espero que tú enamores.

After espero que, Spanish requires the subjunctive: enamores, not the indicative enamoras. Wishes, hopes and doubts all trigger this change.

3. Using the affirmative imperative after no

Wrong: No enamora.

Right: No enamores.

Negative commands use the subjunctive-based forms: no enamores. The affirmative enamora can never follow no.

4. Using the infinitive instead of a conjugated form

Wrong: Yo enamorar todos los días.

Right: Yo enamoro todos los días.

The infinitive enamorar names the action; it never works as the main verb of a sentence. Conjugate it for the person: yo enamoro.

5. Confusing the gerund with the past participle

Wrong: He enamorando.

Right: He enamorado.

The perfect tenses use haber plus the past participle: he enamorado. The gerund enamorando goes with estar for actions in progress («Estoy enamorando»), never with haber.

Quiz: enamorar in use

Test yourself on enamorar in use. Choose the correct answer, then check the key below.

1. What is the yo form of enamorar in the present indicative?

- (a) enamoramos
- (b) enamoro
- (c) enamora
- (d) enamoras

2. What is the tú form of enamorar in the preterite?

- (a) enamoró
- (b) enamoré
- (c) enamoraste
- (d) enamoramos

3. What is the él/ella/Ud. form of enamorar in the future?

- (a) enamoraremos
- (b) enamoraré
- (c) enamorará
- (d) enamorarás

4. What is the nosotros/as form of enamorar in the present perfect?

- (a) hemos enamorado
- (b) he enamorado
- (c) ha enamorado
- (d) has enamorado

5. What is the yo form of enamorar in the imperfect?

- (a) enamoraba
- (b) enamoraba
- (c) enamorabas
- (d) enamorábamos

6. What is the gerund of enamorar?

- (a) enamorado
- (b) enamoro
- (c) enamorando
- (d) enamorar

7. What is the past participle of enamorar?

- (a) enamorado
- (b) enamorar
- (c) enamoré
- (d) enamorando

8. Which sentence uses enamorar correctly?

- (a) *Yo enamoras todos los días.*
- (b) *Yo enamorar todos los días.*
- (c) *Yo enamora todos los días.*
- (d) *Yo enamoro todos los días.* — I win someone's love every day.

9. Which sentence uses enamorar correctly?

- (a) *Ayer yo enamoraba por la tarde.*
- (b) *Ayer yo enamorar por la tarde.*
- (c) *Ayer yo enamoro por la tarde.*
- (d) *Ayer yo enamoré por la tarde.* — Yesterday I won someone's love in the afternoon.

10. What does enamorar mean?

- (a) to undertake
- (b) to take charge of
- (c) to employ
- (d) to win someone's love

Answer key

1. (b) — In the present indicative, the yo form of enamorar is enamoro. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 2. (c) — In the preterite, the tú form of enamorar is enamoraste. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 3. (c) — In the future, the él/ella/Ud. form of enamorar is enamorará. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 4. (a) — In the present perfect, the nosotros/as form of enamorar is hemos enamorado. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 5. (a) — In the imperfect, the yo form of enamorar is enamoraba. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 6. (c) — The gerund of enamorar is enamorando. It is used with estar for the progressive: «Estoy enamorando». 7. (a) — The past participle of enamorar is enamorado. It follows haber in all the perfect tenses: «he enamorado». 8. (d) — Only this sentence pairs the right person with the right form of enamorar; the others mix a person with another person's form, or use the infinitive instead of a conjugated form. 9. (d) — Only this sentence pairs the right person with the right form of enamorar; the others mix a person with another person's form, or use the infinitive instead of a conjugated form. 10. (d) — enamorar means «to win someone's love».

Frequently asked questions

How do you say 'I win someone's love' in Spanish?

Say «Yo enamoro todos los días». That is the present-tense yo form, and it is the sentence you will use most with this verb.

How do you say 'I won someone's love' about yesterday?

Say «Ayer yo enamoré por la tarde». The preterite is the tense for a finished event: yesterday, last week, last night.

Is enamorar reflexive?

No — enamorar is not reflexive. It conjugates without a pronoun: yo enamoro, tú enamoras, él enamora. If you see a -se form of a similar verb, that is a different verb with its own meaning.

Which tense do learners find hardest with enamorar?

Most learners struggle with choosing between the preterite and the imperfect, not with the forms themselves. Use the preterite (enamoré) for a single finished event and the imperfect (enamoraba) for habits and background. After that, the subjunctive is the next step.

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