fall in love

verb

To come to have feelings of love, particularly romantic love.

“Have you ever fallen in love?”

Similar
develop feelingsenamour
Opposite
fall out of lovedisenamour
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Meanings

verbfall in love (third-person singular simple present falls in love, present participle falling in love, simple past fell in love, past participle fallen in love)

present singular third person falls in love · participle present falling in love · past fell in love · participle past fallen in love

  1. intransitiveanimate object following “with”To come to have feelings of love, particularly romantic love.

    Have you ever fallen in love?

    5 more examples

    I fell in love with him the moment I first saw him.

    It only takes a minute girl / To fall in love

    1975, Brian Potter, Dennis Lambert, “It Only Takes a Minute”, in In the City, performed by Tavares

    Oh, Ophelia / You've been on my mind, girl, since the flood / Oh, Ophelia / Heaven help a fool who falls in love

    2016 February 5, Wesley Schultz and Jeremy Fraites, “Ophelia”, in Cleopatra, performed by The Lumineers

    Often, I am upset / That I cannot fall in love, but I guess / This avoids the stress of falling out of it

    2019, Cavetown, “Home”

    It's been a long time since you fell in love / You ain't coming out your shell, you ain't really been yourself / Tell me, what must I do? (Do tell, my love) / 'Cause luckily I'm good at reading / I wouldn't bug him, but he won't stop cheesin'

    2020 February 27, Doja Cat, “Doja Cat - Say So (Official Video)” (00:42 from the start), archived from the original on 27 Feb 2020
  2. intransitivereciprocalTo come to have feelings of love towards each other.

    They met, fell in love, got married, and lived happily ever after.

    1 more example

    'Cause we were just kids when we fell in love Not knowing what it was I will not give you up this time.

    2017, Ed Sheeran, “Perfect”
  3. intransitiveinanimate object following "with"To come to have feelings of intense liking directed at another person or a thing.

    I have just fallen in love with Rome!

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
develop feelingsenamour
Opposite
fall out of lovedisenamour

Translations

Arabic وَقَعَ فِي حُبّ
  • وَقَعَ فِي حُبّ (waqaʕa fī ḥubb)to come to have feelings of love
Bulgarian влю́бвам се, влю́бя се
  • влю́бвам се (vljúbvam se)to come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • влю́бя се (vljúbja se)to come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • влю́бвам се (vljúbvam se)to come to have feelings of love
  • влю́бя се (vljúbja se)to come to have feelings of love
  • влю́бвам се (vljúbvam se)to come to have feelings of intense liking
  • влю́бя се (vljúbja se)to come to have feelings of intense liking
Catalan enamorar-se
  • enamorar-seto come to have feelings of love
Chinese Mandarin 愛上 /爱上, 掉入愛河之中 /掉入爱河之中
  • 愛上 /爱上 (àishàng)to come to have feelings of love
  • 掉入愛河之中 /掉入爱河之中 (diàorù ài hé zhīzhōng)to come to have feelings of love
  • 墮入情網 /堕入情网 (duòrù qíngwǎng)to come to have feelings of love
  • 鍾情 /钟情 (zhōngqíng)to come to have feelings of love
Czech zamilovat se, zamilovat se
  • zamilovat seto come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • zamilovat seto come to have feelings of love
Danish forelske sig i, blive forelsket i
  • forelske sig ito come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • blive forelsket ito come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • forelske sig ito come to have feelings of love
  • blive forelsket ito come to have feelings of love
  • forelske sigto come to have feelings of intense liking
Dutch verliefd worden, verlieven
  • verliefd wordento come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • verlievento come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • verliefd wordento come to have feelings of love
  • verlievento come to have feelings of love
Esperanto enamiĝi, enamiĝi
  • enamiĝito come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • enamiĝito come to have feelings of love
  • ekamito come to have feelings of love
Estonian armuma
  • armumato come to have feelings of love
Finnish rakastua, rakastua
  • rakastuato come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • rakastuato come to have feelings of love
  • ihastuato come to have feelings of intense liking
French tomber amoureux, tomber amoureuse
  • tomber amoureuxto come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • tomber amoureuseto come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • tomber amoureuxto come to have feelings of love
  • tomber amoureuseto come to have feelings of love
  • s'amouracherto come to have feelings of love
German sich verlieben, sich verlieben
  • sich verliebento come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • sich verliebento come to have feelings of love
  • sich verliebento come to have feelings of intense liking
Greek ερωτεύομαι, ερωτεύομαι
  • ερωτεύομαι (erotévomai)to come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • ερωτεύομαι (erotévomai)to come to have feelings of love
Hebrew הִתְאַהֵב
  • הִתְאַהֵב (hit'ahév)to come to have feelings of love
Hindi प्यार में पड़ना
  • प्यार में पड़ना (pyār mẽ paṛnā)to come to have feelings of love
Hungarian egymásba szeret, beleszeret
  • egymásba szeretto come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • beleszeretto come to have feelings of love
  • szerelmes leszto come to have feelings of love
  • beleszeretto come to have feelings of intense liking
Icelandic verða ástfanginn
  • verða ástfanginnto come to have feelings of love
Indonesian jatuh cinta
  • jatuh cintato come to have feelings of love
Italian innamorarsi, innamorarsi
  • innamorarsito come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • innamorarsito come to have feelings of love
  • innamorarsito come to have feelings of intense liking
Japanese 好きになる, 好きになる
  • 好きになる (suki ni naru)to come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • 好きになる (suki ni naru)to come to have feelings of love
  • 惚れる (horeru)to come to have feelings of love
  • 恋に落ちる (koi ni ochiru)to come to have feelings of love
Korean 사랑에 빠지다, 반하다
  • 사랑에 빠지다 (sarang'e ppajida)to come to have feelings of love
  • 반하다 (banhada)to come to have feelings of love
  • 사랑하게 되다 (saranghage doeda)to come to have feelings of love
Latin exardesco, amorem ardeo
  • exardescoto come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • amorem ardeoto come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • exardescoto come to have feelings of love
  • amorem ardeoto come to have feelings of love
  • exardescoto come to have feelings of intense liking
  • amorem ardeoto come to have feelings of intense liking
Latvian iemīlēties
  • iemīlētiesto come to have feelings of love
Lithuanian pamilti, įsimylėti
  • pamiltito come to have feelings of love
  • įsimylėtito come to have feelings of love
Norwegian forelske
  • forelsketo come to have feelings of love
Persian عاشق شدن
  • عاشق شدن ('âšeq šodan)to come to have feelings of love
Polish zakochiwać się w sobie, zakochać się w sobie
  • zakochiwać się w sobieto come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • zakochać się w sobieto come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • zakochiwać sięto come to have feelings of love
  • zakochać sięto come to have feelings of love
  • zakochiwać sięto come to have feelings of intense liking
  • zakochać sięto come to have feelings of intense liking
Portuguese apaixonar-se, enamorar-se
  • apaixonar-seto come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • enamorar-seto come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • apaixonar-seto come to have feelings of love
  • enamorar-seto come to have feelings of love
Romanian îndrăgosti, înamora
  • îndrăgostito come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • înamorato come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • îndrăgostito come to have feelings of love
  • îndrăgostito come to have feelings of intense liking
Russian влюбля́ться, влюби́ться
  • влюбля́ться (vljubljátʹsja)to come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • влюби́ться (vljubítʹsja)to come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • влюбля́ться (vljubljátʹsja)to come to have feelings of love
  • влюби́ться (vljubítʹsja)to come to have feelings of love
  • полюби́ть (poljubítʹ)to come to have feelings of love
Scottish Gaelic gabh gaol, gabh gaol
  • gabh gaolto come to have feelings of love
  • gabh gaolto come to have feelings of intense liking
Slovak zamilovať sa
  • zamilovať sato come to have feelings of love
Spanish enamorarse, amartelarse
  • enamorarseto come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • amartelarseto come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • enamorarseto come to have feelings of love
  • embullarseto come to have feelings of love
  • enlunarseto come to have feelings of love
  • enamorarseto come to have feelings of intense liking
  • quedar prendadoto come to have feelings of intense liking
Swedish bli kära, förälska sig
  • bli kärato come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • förälska sigto come to have feelings of love towards each other
  • bli kärto come to have feelings of love
  • förälska sigto come to have feelings of love
  • bli kärto come to have feelings of intense liking
  • förälska sigto come to have feelings of intense liking
Thai ตกหลุมรัก, หลงรัก
  • ตกหลุมรัก (dtòk-lǔm-rák)to come to have feelings of love
  • หลงรัก (lǒng-rák)to come to have feelings of love
Turkish âşık olmak, vurulmak
  • âşık olmakto come to have feelings of love
  • vurulmakto come to have feelings of love
Ukrainian зако́хуватися, закоха́тися
  • зако́хуватися (zakóxuvatysja)to come to have feelings of love
  • закоха́тися (zakoxátysja)to come to have feelings of love
  • полюби́ти (poljubýty)to come to have feelings of love
Urdu پیار میں پڑنا, محبت میں پڑنا
  • پیار میں پڑنا (pyār mẽ paṛnā)to come to have feelings of love
  • محبت میں پڑنا (muhabbat mẽ paṛnā)to come to have feelings of love
Vietnamese phải lòng, đổ
  • phải lòngto come to have feelings of love
  • đổto come to have feelings of love
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