Encantar Examples, Sentences & Quiz in Spanish

encantar means "to love, to delight in" in English, and this page shows you how it actually sounds in everyday Spanish — not just the conjugation table, but the verb in real sentences, in short dialogues, and in the mistakes learners make with it. Encantar means "to love" or "to delight in" — but it does not work like an English verb. In Spanish, the thing you love is the subject and you are the indirect object: me encanta el cine means "I love the cinema", word for word "the cinema delights me". The verb agrees with the thing loved: me encanta el libro (singular) but me encantan los libros (plural). This gustar-like pattern is the single most important thing about encantar, and it is why learners must study the third-person forms most: encanta and encantan do almost all the work. Below you will find twelve example sentences grouped by meaning, two short dialogues, the most common mistakes with corrections, and a ten-question quiz with explained answers. If you want the full tables first, start with the full conjugation of encantar; if you want to study one tense in depth, see the encantar present tense page.

encantar in everyday use: examples with translations

Loving things

  1. Me encanta el cine español. — "I love Spanish cinema."
  2. Me encantan los libros de historia. — "I love history books."
  3. Me encantó la película de ayer. — "I loved yesterday's film."
  4. De niño, me encantaba el helado. — "As a child, I used to love ice cream."

Loving activities

  1. Me encanta viajar en tren. — "I love travelling by train."
  2. A mi madre le encanta la música clásica. — "My mother loves classical music."
  3. Me encantará el concierto de mañana. — "I will love tomorrow's concert."
  4. Me ha encantado la ciudad. — "I have loved the city."

Asking what people love

  1. ¿Te encanta el chocolate? — "Do you love chocolate?"
  2. Nos encantan los domingos en familia. — "We love Sundays with the family."
  3. Me encantaría vivir en España. — "I would love to live in Spain."
  4. Les encanta el arte moderno. — "They love modern art."

encantar in conversation

Two short dialogues that use encantar the way people really speak it. Notice how the verb changes with the person, and how the same verb fits different situations.

Two friends talk about films and books.

  • Ana: Me encanta el cine español. — "I love Spanish cinema."
  • Bea: Me encantan los libros de historia. — "I love history books."
  • Ana: ¿Te encanta el chocolate? — "Do you love chocolate?"
  • Bea: A mi madre le encanta la música clásica. — "My mother loves classical music."

A couple plans a trip.

  • Luis: Me encanta viajar en tren. — "I love travelling by train."
  • Marta: Nos encantan los domingos en familia. — "We love Sundays with the family."
  • Luis: Me encantó la película de ayer. — "I loved yesterday's film."
  • Marta: Me encantaría vivir en España. — "I would love to live in Spain."

Common mistakes with encantar

The errors learners actually make with encantar, each with the wrong form, the right form, and why the right form is right.

✗ *Yo encanto el cine español (treating encantar like a normal verb).

✓ Correct: Me encanta el cine español.

Encantar is gustar-like: the thing loved is the subject. Say me encanta el cine, never yo encanto el cine.

✗ *Me encanta los libros de historia (singular verb with a plural thing).

✓ Correct: Me encantan los libros de historia.

The verb agrees with the thing loved: los libros is plural, so the verb is encantan.

✗ *Me encantan viajar en tren (plural verb with an infinitive).

✓ Correct: Me encanta viajar en tren.

With an infinitive, always use the singular: me encanta viajar, me encanta cocinar.

✗ *A mi madre encanta la música clásica (missing the pronoun le).

✓ Correct: A mi madre le encanta la música clásica.

The pattern needs the indirect object pronoun: a mi madre le encanta. The a-phrase alone is not enough.

Quiz: encantar in use

Ten questions on encantar — its forms, its tenses and its everyday use. Choose the best answer for each one, then check the answer key below, where every answer is explained.

1. Complete the sentence: Me ______ el cine español. — "I love Spanish cinema."

  • a) encantó
  • b) encanto
  • c) encantas
  • d) encanta

2. Complete the sentence: Me ______ la película de ayer. — "I loved yesterday's film."

  • a) encanté
  • b) encantaste
  • c) encantó
  • d) encanta

3. Complete the sentence: A mi madre le ______ la música clásica. — "My mother loves classical music."

  • a) encantas
  • b) encantó
  • c) encanta
  • d) encanto

4. Complete the sentence: ¿Te ______ el chocolate? — "Do you love chocolate?"

  • a) encantas
  • b) encanto
  • c) encantó
  • d) encanta

5. Which is the correct present tense form of encantar for yo?

  • a) encanta
  • b) encantas
  • c) encantamos
  • d) encanto

6. Which is the correct present tense form of encantar for tú?

  • a) encantamos
  • b) encantas
  • c) encanto
  • d) encanta

7. Which is the correct present tense form of encantar for ellos/ellas/Uds.?

  • a) encanto
  • b) encantas
  • c) encanta
  • d) encantan

8. Which sentence uses encantar correctly?

  • a) Te encantaron las películas de terror.
  • b) Te encanta las películas de terror.
  • c) Te encantan las películas de terror.
  • d) Yo encanto el cine español.

9. What is the past participle of encantar?

  • a) encantó
  • b) encantando
  • c) encantado
  • d) encanto

10. What does encantar mean in English?

  • a) to like
  • b) to have
  • c) to go
  • d) to love, to delight in

Answer key

  1. d) encanta — The sentence needs the él/ella/Ud. form in the present: encanta.

  2. c) encantó — The sentence needs the él/ella/Ud. form in the preterite: encantó.

  3. c) encanta — The sentence needs the él/ella/Ud. form in the present: encanta.

  4. d) encanta — The sentence needs the él/ella/Ud. form in the present: encanta.

  5. d) encanto — The present tense form for yo is encanto.

  6. b) encantas — The present tense form for tú is encantas.

  7. d) encantan — The present tense form for ellos/ellas/Uds. is encantan.

  8. c) Te encantan las películas de terror. — Te encantan las películas de terror. is correct. The other sentences use the wrong person, the wrong tense, or the wrong pattern for this verb.

  9. c) encantado — The past participle is encantado. You need it for every perfect tense with haber: he encantado, has encantado, ha encantado.

  10. d) to love, to delight in — encantar means "to love, to delight in".

Frequently asked questions

How do I use encantar in everyday conversation?

Start with the phrases in the examples above — especially the common combinations such as me encanta el cine and me encantan los libros. Use the present tense for habits and general facts, and the preterite for things that happened once. Say the sentences aloud until the forms feel automatic, then swap in your own details: your own town, your own family, your own routine.

What is the difference between encantar and gustar?

encantar means "to love, to delight in", while gustar means "to like". They are related words that learners often meet together, but they are not interchangeable — use encantar when you mean "to love, to delight in" and gustar when you mean "to like".

Which tense do I need most with encantar?

The present tense, for habits, routines and general facts — that is where you will use encantar most. The preterite comes next, for things that happened once and ended. The examples on this page use both, plus the imperfect, the future and the present perfect, so you can see the verb across the tenses you actually need.

Is encantar formal or informal?

encantar is neutral — it is used in both formal and informal Spanish, at home, at work and at school. There is no special formal version of it; the same forms work in a conversation with a friend and in a letter to a company. What changes is the situation, not the verb.

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