Enamorar Conjugation in Spanish

Learning to conjugate enamorar — «to win someone's love» — opens up a whole set of sentences you will use every day. It is a regular -ar verb verb, and this page covers it completely: thirteen tenses, the gerund enamorando and the past participle enamorado, example sentences in every tense, the common mistakes and a quiz with an answer key. A good first sentence to learn is «Yo enamoro todos los días» — I win someone's love every day. Once you can say that, the rest of the table falls into place person by person.

Quick facts

  • Infinitive: enamorar
  • English: to win someone's love
  • Verb type: regular -ar verb
  • Ending: -ar
  • Gerund: enamorando
  • Past participle: enamorado
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + enamorado)

Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for enamorar, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one.

Full conjugation tables

Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for enamorar. The imperfect subjunctive is shown in its -ra forms; the -se forms use the same stem.

Gerund: enamorando · Past participle: enamorado

Present Indicative

Person Form
yo enamoro
tú enamoras
él/ella/Ud. enamora
nosotros/as enamoramos
vosotros/as enamoráis
ellos/ellas/Uds. enamoran

The present tense describes habits, facts and what is happening now. For enamorar, the yo form is enamoro, as in the examples below. Use the present for routines («todos los días») and for general truths, and remember that Spanish often uses the present where English would use a progressive or a near future.

Preterite

Person Form
yo enamoré
tú enamoraste
él/ella/Ud. enamoró
nosotros/as enamoramos
vosotros/as enamorasteis
ellos/ellas/Uds. enamoraron

The preterite describes completed actions in the past — things that started and finished. «Ayer yo enamoré» is the classic use. Do not confuse it with the imperfect: the preterite moves the story forward, one finished event at a time.

Imperfect

Person Form
yo enamoraba
tú enamorabas
él/ella/Ud. enamoraba
nosotros/as enamorábamos
vosotros/as enamorabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. enamoraban

The imperfect describes the past as background: habits, descriptions and actions in progress. «De pequeño, yo enamoraba» shows the habitual use. It sets the scene while the preterite reports what happened inside it.

Future

Person Form
yo enamoraré
tú enamorarás
él/ella/Ud. enamorará
nosotros/as enamoraremos
vosotros/as enamoraréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. enamorarán

The future tense states what will happen. For enamorar the future is built on the infinitive: «Mañana yo enamoraré». It is also used for predictions and promises, and in spoken Spanish it often alternates with ir a + infinitive.

Conditional

Person Form
yo enamoraría
tú enamorarías
él/ella/Ud. enamoraría
nosotros/as enamoraríamos
vosotros/as enamoraríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. enamorarían

The conditional expresses what would happen: wishes, polite requests and hypothetical results. «Si tuviera más tiempo, yo enamoraría» is the typical pattern. It shares its stem with the future and changes only the endings.

Present Perfect

Person Form
yo he enamorado
tú has enamorado
él/ella/Ud. ha enamorado
nosotros/as hemos enamorado
vosotros/as habéis enamorado
ellos/ellas/Uds. han enamorado

The present perfect connects the past with the present: something that has happened, often today or recently. It is haber in the present plus the past participle: «Hoy yo he enamorado». In Spain it is used for anything that happened today; in Latin America the preterite is often preferred.

Pluperfect

Person Form
yo había enamorado
tú habías enamorado
él/ella/Ud. había enamorado
nosotros/as habíamos enamorado
vosotros/as habíais enamorado
ellos/ellas/Uds. habían enamorado

The pluperfect describes an event that happened before another past event: «Cuando llegué, ya había enamorado». It is haber in the imperfect plus the past participle, and it is the tense for explaining what had already happened when something else took place.

Future Perfect

Person Form
yo habré enamorado
tú habrás enamorado
él/ella/Ud. habrá enamorado
nosotros/as habremos enamorado
vosotros/as habréis enamorado
ellos/ellas/Uds. habrán enamorado

The future perfect looks back from a future point: by then, something will already have happened. «Para mañana, yo habré enamorado» is the pattern — haber in the future plus the past participle. It is less common in speech but regular in formal writing.

Conditional Perfect

Person Form
yo habría enamorado
tú habrías enamorado
él/ella/Ud. habría enamorado
nosotros/as habríamos enamorado
vosotros/as habríais enamorado
ellos/ellas/Uds. habrían enamorado

The conditional perfect expresses what would have happened: «Yo habría enamorado si hubiera podido». It is haber in the conditional plus the past participle, and it is the tense for regrets and missed chances.

Present Subjunctive

Person Form
yo enamore
tú enamores
él/ella/Ud. enamore
nosotros/as enamoremos
vosotros/as enamoréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. enamoren

The present subjunctive appears after wishes, doubts, emotions and impersonal expressions: «Espero que él enamore». The trigger is in the main clause; the subjunctive is the mood of uncertainty, desire and influence. Learn the yo form first — most of the table follows from it.

Imperfect Subjunctive (-ra forms)

Person Form
yo enamorara
tú enamoraras
él/ella/Ud. enamorara
nosotros/as enamoráramos
vosotros/as enamorarais
ellos/ellas/Uds. enamoraran

The imperfect subjunctive is the past partner of the present subjunctive, used after past-tense triggers and in si-clauses: «Si él enamorara, todo sería distinto». The table above shows the -ra forms, the ones you will hear most often. There is also a less common -se set built on the same stem.

Imperative — Affirmative

Person Form
tú enamora
él/ella/Ud. enamore
nosotros/as enamoremos
vosotros/as enamorad
ellos/ellas/Uds. enamoren

There is no yo form in the imperative — you cannot command yourself.

The affirmative imperative gives direct commands and instructions: «¡enamora!». There is no yo form — you cannot command yourself. The tú form is the one you will use with friends and family, and the usted form with people you address formally.

Imperative — Negative

Person Form
tú enamores
él/ella/Ud. enamore
nosotros/as enamoremos
vosotros/as enamoréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. enamoren

There is no yo form in the imperative — you cannot command yourself.

The negative imperative tells someone not to do something: «¡No enamores!». Unlike the affirmative imperative, the negative forms come from the present subjunctive, which is why they look different. Never use the affirmative form after no.

Example sentences

  1. Yo enamoro todos los días. — I win someone's love every day.
  2. Ayer yo enamoré por la tarde. — Yesterday I won someone's love in the afternoon.
  3. Antes, yo enamoraba todos los días. — In the past, I used to win someone's love every day.
  4. Mañana yo enamoraré sin falta. — Tomorrow I will win someone's love without fail.
  5. Si tuviera más tiempo, yo enamoraría ahora mismo. — If I had more time, I would win someone's love right now.
  6. Hoy yo he enamorado dos veces. — Today I have won someone's love twice.
  7. Espero que tú enamores pronto. — I hope You win someone's love soon.
  8. Si yo enamorara, todo sería distinto. — If I won someone's love, everything would be different.
  9. Ahora mismo yo estoy enamorando. — Right now I am winning someone's love.
  10. ¡enamora, por favor! — Win someone's love, please!

Common mistakes

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

Test yourself on the forms above. Choose the correct answer, then check the key below.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

5. What is the vosotros/as form of enamorar in the conditional?

- (a) enamoraríais
- (b) enamoraría
- (c) enamorarías
- (d) enamoraría

6. What is the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of enamorar in the present perfect?

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

7. What is the yo form of enamorar in the present subjunctive?

- (a) enamores
- (b) enamore
- (c) enamoremos
- (d) enamore

8. What is the tú form of enamorar in the imperfect subjunctive (-ra forms)?

- (a) enamoraras
- (b) enamorara
- (c) enamoráramos
- (d) enamorara

9. What is the gerund of enamorar?

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

10. What is the past participle of enamorar?

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

Answer key

1. (a) — 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. (a) — In the imperfect, the él/ella/Ud. form of enamorar is enamoraba. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 4. (c) — In the future, the nosotros/as form of enamorar is enamoraremos. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 5. (a) — In the conditional, the vosotros/as form of enamorar is enamoraríais. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 6. (c) — In the present perfect, the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of enamorar is han enamorado. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 7. (b) — In the present subjunctive, the yo form of enamorar is enamore. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 8. (a) — In the imperfect subjunctive (-ra forms), the tú form of enamorar is enamoraras. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 9. (c) — The gerund of enamorar is enamorando. It is used with estar for the progressive: «Estoy enamorando». 10. (c) — The past participle of enamorar is enamorado. It follows haber in all the perfect tenses: «he enamorado».

Frequently asked questions

Is enamorar regular or irregular?

Yes — enamorar is a regular -ar verb. Learn the endings once and they work in every tense, with the stem enamor unchanged throughout.

What are the gerund and past participle of enamorar?

The gerund is enamorando and the past participle is enamorado. Use the gerund with estar for actions in progress («Estoy enamorando») and the participle with haber for the perfect tenses («he enamorado»).

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

Say «Yo enamoro todos los días». That is the yo form of the present tense, the form you need for talking about yourself right now.

What is the difference between the preterite and the imperfect of enamorar?

Use the preterite (enamoré) for a single finished event and the imperfect (enamoraba) for habits and background. «Ayer yo enamoré» reports something that happened and ended; «Antes, yo enamoraba» describes what used to happen.

When do I use the subjunctive with enamorar?

Use the subjunctive after wishes, doubts, emotions and impersonal expressions — for example «Espero que tú enamores». The trigger sits in the main clause; once it is there, the subjunctive form is required, not a stylistic choice.

How do I use enamorar in the present perfect?

Put haber in the present before the past participle: «Hoy yo he enamorado». The participle enamorado never changes for person — only haber changes — so once you know the participle, the whole perfect tense follows.

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