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Enamorarse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to fall in love”.
It’s a reflexive verb, which means the subject performs the action upon themselves – e.g. “I wake myself”.
Reflexive verbs always carry a reflexive pronoun – me, te, se, nos or os – which is often placed before the conjugated verb (e.g. me enamoro) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que enamorarse).
Below are all of the conjugations for enamorarse in Spanish, in all three moods (indicative/indicativo, subjunctive/subjunctivo and imperative/imperativo) and all of the tenses, for each pronoun.
The vosotros pronoun is mainly used in mainland Spain, and is the informal second-person plural – it could be considered the Spanish version of “y’all”. It is rarely found in Latin America, where ustedes is used instead.
The vos form is used instead of tú in some Spanish speaking countries of South America, especially the Southern Cone (e.g. Argentina and Uruguay) and has a different conjugation.
| English Infinitive | to fall in love |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | enamorarse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está enamorándose) and past continuous (estaba enamorándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. falling in love).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he enamorado and hubiera enamorado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have fallen in love).
| Gerundio / Gerund | enamorándose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | enamorado |
The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.
The present tense is as it sounds – it’s for talking about things that are currently going on, which are habitual, or which generally exist. In English, this would be “I fall in love” or “they fall in love”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me enamoro |
| Tú | te enamoras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enamora |
| Nosotros / as | nos enamoramos |
| Vosotros / as | os enamoráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enamoran |
| Vos | te enamorás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I fell in love” or “she fell in love” in English.
In Spanish, there are two past tenses where just one is used in English; the pretérite infefinido is typically used to refer to a concrete, specific moment in time.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me enamoré | I fell in love |
| Tú | te enamoraste | You fell in love |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enamoró | He / she / you fell in love |
| Nosotros / as | nos enamoramos | We fell in love |
| Vosotros / as | os enamorasteis | You fell in love |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enamoraron | They / you fell in love |
| Vos | te enamoraste | You fell in love |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was falling in love” or “she was falling in love” in English, and is typically used to describe things and set a scene, talk about events without a specific timeframe, or talk about habitual events or states in the past.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me enamoraba | I was falling in love |
| Tú | te enamorabas | You were falling in love |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enamoraba | He was / she was / you were falling in love |
| Nosotros / as | nos enamorábamos | We were falling in love |
| Vosotros / as | os enamorabais | You were falling in love |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enamoraban | They / you were falling in love |
| Vos | te enamorabas | You were falling in love |
The perfect tense is for talking about things which happened in the past but are still related to the present or continue into the present.
In English, these use the auxiliary verbs ‘have’ and ‘has’ – i.e. “I have fallen in love” and “she has fallen in love”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he enamorado | I have fallen in love |
| Tú | te has enamorado | You have fallen in love |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha enamorado | He has / she has / you have fallen in love |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos enamorado | We have fallen in love |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis enamorado | You have fallen in love |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han enamorado | They / you have fallen in love |
| Vos | te has enamorado | You have fallen in love |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would fall in love” or “she would fall in love”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me enamoraría | I would fall in love |
| Tú | te enamorarías | You would fall in love |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enamoraría | He / she / you would fall in love |
| Nosotros / as | nos enamoraríamos | We would fall in love |
| Vosotros / as | os enamoraríais | You would fall in love |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enamorarían | They / you would fall in love |
| Vos | te enamorarías | You would fall in love |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will fall in love” or “they will fall in love”.
It is more commonly used for making a hypothesis about the present. To talk about the future, Spanish speakers frequently use “ir + a + infinivo”, e.g. “van a enamorarse” means “They are going to fall in love”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me enamoraré | I will fall in love |
| Tú | te enamorarás | You will fall in love |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enamorará | He / she / you will fall in love |
| Nosotros / as | nos enamoraremos | We will fall in love |
| Vosotros / as | os enamoraréis | You will fall in love |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enamorarán | They / you will fall in love |
| Vos | te enamorarás | You will fall in love |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me enamore |
| Tú | te enamores |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enamore |
| Nosotros / as | nos enamoremos |
| Vosotros / as | os enamoréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enamoren |
| Vos | te enamores |
There are two ways to form the imperfect subjunctive.
The first option sees verbs ending in -era (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ara (for -ar verbs), while the second sees verbs ending in -ese (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ase (for -ar verbs).
There is no difference between these two forms, and Spanish speakers use them interchangeably.
| Pronoun | Spanish era/ara | Spanish ese/ase |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me enamorara | me enamorase |
| Tú | te enamoraras | me enamorase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enamorara | se enamorase |
| Nosotros / as | nos enamoráramos | nos enamorásemos |
| Vosotros / as | os enamorarais | os enamoraseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enamoraran | se enamorasen |
| Vos | te enamoraras | me enamorase |
The future subjunctive is no longer used in modern-day Spanish, apart from in literary and legal contexts, and there is no need to learn it.
It is formed the same as the past/imperfect subjunctive, but with -e endings instead of -a endings.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me enamorare |
| Tú | te enamorares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enamorare |
| Nosotros / as | nos enamoráremos |
| Vosotros / as | os enamorareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enamoraren |
| Vos | te enamorares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “fall in love!” and “don’t fall in love!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | enamórate | no te enamores |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enamórese | no se enamore |
| Nosotros / as | enamorémonos | no nos enamoremos |
| Vosotros / as | enamoraos | no os enamoréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enamórense | no se enamoren |
| Vos | enamorate | no te enamores |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya enamorado |
| Tú | hayas enamorado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya enamorado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos enamorado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis enamorado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan enamorado |
| Vos | hayas enamorado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera enamorado / hubiese enamorado |
| Tú | hubieras enamorado / hubieses enamorado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera enamorado / hubiese enamorado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos enamorado / hubiésemos enamorado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais enamorado / hubieseis enamorado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran enamorado / hubiesen enamorado |
| Vos | hubieras enamorado / hubieses enamorado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere enamorado |
| Tú | hubieres enamorado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere enamorado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos enamorado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis enamorado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren enamorado |
| Vos | hubieres enamorado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté enamorándose |
| Tú | estés enamorándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté enamorándose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos enamorándose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis enamorándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén enamorándose |
| Vos | estés enamorándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera enamorándose / estuviese enamorándose |
| Tú | estuvieras enamorándose / estuvieses enamorándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera enamorándose / estuviese enamorándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos enamorándose / estuviésamos enamorándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais enamorándose / estuvieseis enamorándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera enamorándose / estuviese enamorándose |
| Vos | estuvieras enamorándose / estuvieses enamorándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere enamorándose |
| Tú | estuvieres enamorándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere enamorándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos enamorándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis enamorándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere enamorándose |
| Vos | estuvieres enamorándose |
Voseo is the practice of using ‘vos’ instead of ‘tú’ as the second-person singular pronoun, and is common throughout much of South America.
There are various versions of ‘voseo’ used throughout the Spanish-speaking world. The conjugations for the most common type – used throughout Argentina, parts of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguya and Uruguay are below.
The present indicative (presente de indicativo) and affirmative imperative (imperativo) have different conjugations from the tú form, while all other tenses generally use the tú form.
| Tense | Vos Conjugation |
|---|---|
| Present Indicative Presente de Indicativo | Vos te enamorás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te enamoraste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te enamorabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te enamorarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te enamorarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te enamores |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te enamoraras / Vos me enamorase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos enamorate |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te enamores |