Meanings
present singular third person falls for · participle present falling for · past fell for · participle past fallen for
- idiomaticTo fall in love with.
He really fell for the attractive waitress at his favorite restaurant.
4 more examples
'He's a good-looking chap, but don't fall for him. I don't think he's got much heart.'
1953, Ian Fleming, “The Game Is Baccarat”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 65They told me he was bad / But I knew he was sad / That's why I fell for the Leader of the Pack
1965, George Morton, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, “Leader of the Pack”, performed by The Shangri-LasThe neighbor is eventually able to sell her home despite Homer’s pants-less affronts to propriety and decency and Bart falls deeply and instantly for one of its new inhabitants, a tough but charming and funny tomboy girl named Laura (voiced by Sara Gilbert) with just the right combination of toughness and sweetness, granite and honey.
2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2012Beautiful hearts are in your eyes / I've been waiting for you to fall for me / And let me in your life
2019, “Hentai”, in Cry, performed by Cigarettes After Sex
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Arabic اِنْخَدَعَ بِـ, تَهَافَتَ عَلَى
- اِنْخَدَعَ بِـ (inḵadaʕa bi-)To be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick
- تَهَافَتَ عَلَى (tahāfata ʕalā)To fall in love with
Catalan caure, encapritxar-se
- caureTo be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick
- encapritxar-seTo fall in love with
- encaterinar-seTo fall in love with
Czech nachytat se, zamilovat se
- nachytat seTo be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick
- zamilovat seTo fall in love with
Danish falde for, falde for
- falde forTo be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick
- falde forTo fall in love with
- forelske sig iTo fall in love with
Dutch intrappen, intuinen
- intrappenTo be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick
- intuinenTo be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick
- instinkenTo be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick
- vallen voorTo fall in love with
Finnish mennä ansaan, tulla huijatuksi
- mennä ansaanTo be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick
- tulla huijatuksiTo be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick
- langetaTo be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick
- rakastuaTo fall in love with
- ihastuaTo fall in love with
French tomber dans le piège, tomber dans le panneau
- tomber dans le piègeTo be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick
- tomber dans le panneauTo be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick
- s’énamourerTo fall in love with
- s’enamourerTo fall in love with
German auf etwas hereinfallen, sich in jemanden verlieben
- auf etwas hereinfallenTo be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick
- sich in jemanden verliebenTo fall in love with
- sich in jemanden verknallenTo fall in love with
- sich vernarrenTo fall in love with
Hebrew נָפַל בַּפַּח
- נָפַל בַּפַּח (nafál bappáẖ)To be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick
Hungarian bedől
- bedőlTo be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick
Italian cascarci
- cascarciTo be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick
Japanese 引っかかる, 惚れる
- 引っかかる (hikkakaru)To be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick
- 惚れる (horeru)To fall in love with
Norwegian Bokmål falle for, falle for
- falle forTo be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick
- falle forTo fall in love with
Portuguese cair em, apaixonar-se por
- cair emTo be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick
- apaixonar-se porTo fall in love with
Romanian lasă păcălit, muri după
- lasă păcălitTo be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick
- muri dupăTo fall in love with
Russian втре́скаться, втре́скиваться
- втре́скаться (vtréskatʹsja)To fall in love with
- втре́скиваться (vtréskivatʹsja)To fall in love with
Spanish comerse, caer
- comerseTo be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick
- caerTo be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick
- entrar como un caballoTo be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick
- comérsela enteritaTo be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick
- tragar enteroTo be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick
- creer a pies juntillasTo be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick
- creer a pie juntillasTo be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick
- creer a pie juntilloTo be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick
- caer redondoTo be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick
- caer redonditoTo be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick
- enamorarseTo fall in love with
Tagalog maloko
- malokoTo be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick
Turkish kanmak, inanmak
- kanmakTo be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick
- inanmakTo be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick
- aşık olmakTo fall in love with
Vietnamese yêu
- yêuTo fall in love with
Cite this entry
fall for. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fall%20for
“fall for.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fall%20for. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fall for,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fall%20for.
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