Enamorarse Conjugation in Spanish

The Spanish verb enamorarse means to fall in love, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Enamorarse means to fall in love, and it is always used with de: enamorarse de María, enamorarse de un compañero. It is reflexive and regular, and it is one of the most romantic verbs in the language, appearing in songs, films and everyday stories. Like every Spanish verb, enamorarse changes its ending for each person and tense, and this page gives you the complete picture: every tense, every person, the gerund and the past participle, all from the verified conjugation tables. For example, in the present tense you say me enamoro de María a primera vista, and in the preterite you say me enamoré de un compañero de clase. Work through the tables below, read the notes for each tense, and then test yourself with the examples, the common mistakes and the quiz at the end of the page.

Quick facts

  • Infinitive: enamorarse
  • English: to fall in love
  • Verb type: regular -ar verb, reflexive
  • Ending: -ar
  • Gerund: enamorando
  • Past participle: enamorado
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + enamorado)
  • Reflexive pronouns: me, te, se, nos, os, se — one before every conjugated form, matching the person.

Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for enamorarse, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one. Enamorarse always takes de: me enamoré de María. Forgetting de is the classic mistake with this verb.

Full conjugation tables

Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for enamorarse. The imperfect subjunctive is shown in its -ra forms; the -se forms use the same stem. For reflexive verbs, the pronoun column shows the reflexive pronoun that goes before each form.

Present indicative

Person Pronoun Form
yo me enamoro
tú te enamoras
él/ella/Ud. se enamora
nosotros/as nos enamoramos
vosotros/as os enamoráis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se enamoran

Preterite

Person Pronoun Form
yo me enamoré
tú te enamoraste
él/ella/Ud. se enamoró
nosotros/as nos enamoramos
vosotros/as os enamorasteis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se enamoraron

Imperfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me enamoraba
tú te enamorabas
él/ella/Ud. se enamoraba
nosotros/as nos enamorábamos
vosotros/as os enamorabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se enamoraban

Future

Person Pronoun Form
yo me enamoraré
tú te enamorarás
él/ella/Ud. se enamorará
nosotros/as nos enamoraremos
vosotros/as os enamoraréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se enamorarán

Conditional

Person Pronoun Form
yo me enamoraría
tú te enamorarías
él/ella/Ud. se enamoraría
nosotros/as nos enamoraríamos
vosotros/as os enamoraríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se enamorarían

Present perfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me he enamorado
tú te has enamorado
él/ella/Ud. se ha enamorado
nosotros/as nos hemos enamorado
vosotros/as os habéis enamorado
ellos/ellas/Uds. se han enamorado

Pluperfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me había enamorado
tú te habías enamorado
él/ella/Ud. se había enamorado
nosotros/as nos habíamos enamorado
vosotros/as os habíais enamorado
ellos/ellas/Uds. se habían enamorado

Future perfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me habré enamorado
tú te habrás enamorado
él/ella/Ud. se habrá enamorado
nosotros/as nos habremos enamorado
vosotros/as os habréis enamorado
ellos/ellas/Uds. se habrán enamorado

Conditional perfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me habría enamorado
tú te habrías enamorado
él/ella/Ud. se habría enamorado
nosotros/as nos habríamos enamorado
vosotros/as os habríais enamorado
ellos/ellas/Uds. se habrían enamorado

Present subjunctive

Person Pronoun Form
yo me enamore
tú te enamores
él/ella/Ud. se enamore
nosotros/as nos enamoremos
vosotros/as os enamoréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se enamoren

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

Person Pronoun Form
yo me enamorara
tú te enamoraras
él/ella/Ud. se enamorara
nosotros/as nos enamoráramos
vosotros/as os enamorarais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se enamoraran

Imperative (affirmative)

Person Pronoun Form
tú te enamora
él/ella/Ud. se enamore
nosotros/as nos enamoremos
vosotros/as os enamorad
ellos/ellas/Uds. se enamoren

Imperative (negative)

Person Pronoun Form
tú te enamores
él/ella/Ud. se enamore
nosotros/as nos enamoremos
vosotros/as os enamoréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se enamoren

Gerund and past participle

Form Spanish Use
Gerund enamorando with estar for the progressive: estoy enamorando (or me estoy enamorando for this reflexive verb)
Past participle enamorado with haber for the perfect tenses: he enamorado

How to use each tense

Present indicative

Use the present for routines, general facts and what is happening right now. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For enamorarse, the present looks like this in a real sentence: Me enamoro de María a primera vista. Learn the present forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Preterite

Use the preterite for finished actions with a clear end, often with ayer, el año pasado or anoche. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For enamorarse, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Ayer, me enamoré en el verano en la playa. Learn the preterite forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Imperfect

Use the imperfect for background, habits and actions in progress in the past, often with de niño, antes or mientras. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For enamorarse, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: De niño, me enamoraba de un compañero de clase. Learn the imperfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Future

Use the future for plans, predictions and promises, often with mañana, el año que viene or pronto. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For enamorarse, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Mañana, me enamoraré perdidamente y sin remedio. Learn the future forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Conditional

Use the conditional for polite requests, hypotheticals and what would happen, often with si clauses. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For enamorarse, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Me enamoraría de María a primera vista si pudiera. Learn the conditional forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Present perfect

Use the present perfect for recent actions and experiences, often with hoy, esta semana or ya. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For enamorarse, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Hoy, me he enamorado en el verano en la playa. Learn the present perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Pluperfect

Use the pluperfect when one past action happened before another past action. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For enamorarse, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Me había enamorado de un compañero de clase antes de salir. Learn the pluperfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Future perfect

Use the future perfect for something that will already be finished by a future time. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For enamorarse, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Para mañana, me habré enamorado perdidamente y sin remedio. Learn the future perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Conditional perfect

Use the conditional perfect for what would have happened under different conditions. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For enamorarse, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Me habría enamorado de María a primera vista con más tiempo. Learn the conditional perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Present subjunctive

Use the present subjunctive after expressions of wish, doubt, emotion and hope, such as espero que or quiero que. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For enamorarse, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él se enamore en el verano en la playa. Learn the present subjunctive forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

Use the imperfect subjunctive after past wishes and in si clauses about the past, and note the -ra forms shown here; the -se forms use the same stem. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For enamorarse, the imperfect subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Si él se enamorara de un compañero de clase, todo cambiaría. Learn the imperfect subjunctive forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Imperative (affirmative)

Use the affirmative imperative for direct commands, instructions and invitations. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For enamorarse, the affirmative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: Que se enamore perdidamente y sin remedio. Learn the affirmative imperative forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Imperative (negative)

Use the negative imperative, always with no, to tell someone not to do something. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For enamorarse, the negative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: No te enamores de María a primera vista. Learn the negative imperative forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Example sentences

Ten natural sentences with enamorarse, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.

  1. Me enamoro de María a primera vista. — I fall in love of María at first sight.
  2. Se enamora en el verano en la playa. — He/she falls in love in the summer at the beach.
  3. Ayer, me enamoré de un compañero de clase. — Yesterday, I fell in love of a classmate.
  4. Antes, nosotros nos enamorábamos perdidamente y sin remedio. — Before, we used to fall in love hopelessly, with no remedy.
  5. Mañana, tú te enamorarás de María a primera vista. — Tomorrow, you will fall in love of María at first sight.
  6. Yo me enamoraría en el verano en la playa si tuviera más tiempo. — I would fall in love in the summer at the beach if I had more time.
  7. Él se ha enamorado de un compañero de clase. — He has fallen in love of a classmate.
  8. Espero que él se enamore perdidamente y sin remedio. — I hope he falls in love hopelessly, with no remedy.
  9. Yo ya me había enamorado de María a primera vista antes de salir. — I had already fallen in love of María at first sight before leaving.
  10. Ellos se enamoraban en el verano en la playa cuando eran jóvenes. — They used to fall in love in the summer at the beach when they were young.

Common mistakes

  1. Wrong: Yo enamoro de María a primera vista. — Right: Yo me enamoro de María a primera vista. — Enamorarse is reflexive, so the pronoun me is required: without it the verb means something else, or nothing at all.
  2. Wrong: Ayer yo enamoro en el verano en la playa. — Right: Ayer yo enamoré en el verano en la playa. — The present and the preterite are different tenses: enamoro is happening now, while enamoré is a finished action in the past. Use the preterite with ayer.
  3. Wrong: Treating enamorarse and querer as identical in every context. — Right: Enamorarse means to fall in love, while querer means to love, once the feeling is established. — They overlap, but each has uses the other does not: enamorarse fits sentences such as Me enamoro de María a primera vista, while querer belongs in a different sentence. Check the meaning you want before choosing.
  4. Wrong: Yo soy enamorado en el verano en la playa. — Right: Yo he enamorado en el verano en la playa. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he enamorado, has enamorado, ha enamorado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
  5. Wrong: De niño, yo enamoré de un compañero de clase todos los días. — Right: De niño, yo enamoraba de un compañero de clase todos los días. — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (enamoraba), not the preterite. The preterite (enamoré) is for one finished action.

Quiz: test yourself

Ten questions on enamorarse. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.

  1. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ de María a primera vista. (present tense) A. me enamoro B. te enamoras C. se enamora D. nos enamoramos

  2. Complete the sentence: Ayer, él ___ en el verano en la playa. (preterite) A. me enamoré B. te enamoraste C. se enamoraron D. se enamoró

  3. Complete the sentence: Antes, nosotros ___ de un compañero de clase. (imperfect) A. te enamorabas B. se enamoraban C. nos enamorábamos D. me enamoraba

  4. Complete the sentence: Mañana, tú ___ perdidamente y sin remedio. (future) A. nos enamoraremos B. te enamorarás C. me enamoraré D. se enamorará

  5. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ de María a primera vista si pudiera. (conditional) A. me enamoraría B. te enamorarías C. se enamoraría D. se enamorarían

  6. Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ en el verano en la playa. (present subjunctive) A. me enamore B. te enamores C. nos enamoremos D. se enamore

  7. Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ de un compañero de clase, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. se enamorara B. nos enamoráramos C. me enamorara D. te enamoraras

  8. Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ perdidamente y sin remedio. (present perfect) A. se han enamorado B. nos hemos enamorado C. me he enamorado D. te has enamorado

  9. Complete the command: No ___ de María a primera vista. (negative imperative, tú) A. te enamores B. se enamore C. nos enamoremos D. os enamoréis

  10. Which is the gerund of enamorarse, used with estar for the progressive? A. enamorado B. enamoro C. enamoré D. enamorando

Answer key

  1. me enamoro — The first-person present of enamorarse is me enamoro. The other options are the tú, él/ella and nosotros forms.
  2. se enamoró — The third-person preterite of enamorarse is se enamoró, the form for a single finished action in the past.
  3. nos enamorábamos — The nosotros imperfect of enamorarse is nos enamorábamos, used here for a repeated past habit.
  4. te enamorarás — The second-person future of enamorarse is te enamorarás.
  5. me enamoraría — The first-person conditional of enamorarse is me enamoraría, the form for what would happen.
  6. se enamore — After espero que, the subjunctive is required: the third-person present subjunctive of enamorarse is se enamore.
  7. me enamorara — The first-person imperfect subjunctive (-ra) of enamorarse is me enamorara.
  8. nos hemos enamorado — The nosotros present perfect of enamorarse is nos hemos enamorado: hemos + enamorado.
  9. te enamores — The negative tú imperative uses the present subjunctive form with no before it: te enamores.
  10. enamorando — The gerund of enamorarse is enamorando: estoy enamorando. The participle enamorado is used with haber instead.

Frequently asked questions

What does enamorarse mean in English?

Enamorarse means to fall in love. It is used in everyday situations such as Me enamoro de María a primera vista. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.

Is enamorarse a reflexive verb?

Yes. Enamorarse is reflexive, so it always takes a reflexive pronoun that matches the person: me, te, se, nos, os or se. For example, Me enamoro de María a primera vista and él se enamora en el verano en la playa. If you leave the pronoun out, the verb changes meaning or stops making sense.

What is the difference between enamorarse and querer?

Enamorarse means to fall in love, while querer means to love, once the feeling is established. They are easy to confuse because they appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use enamorarse when you mean to fall in love, as in Me enamoro de María a primera vista, and use querer for to love, once the feeling is established. When in doubt, check the object of the sentence — it usually shows which verb fits.

How do I say “I fall in love” in the past?

It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: yo me enamoré en el verano en la playa. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: yo me enamoraba de un compañero de clase. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: yo me he enamorado en el verano en la playa.

How do I practise enamorarse?

Start with the present tense table, then drill the preterite and the imperfect, since those two past tenses cause the most mistakes. Try the enamorarse examples and quiz page for more sentences, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure.

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