English
Verb
fall 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)
- (intransitive, of a person, animate object following “with”) To come to have feelings of love directed at another person or a thing.
- I fell in love with him the moment I first saw him.
- (intransitive, reciprocal) To come to have feelings of love towards each other.
- They met, fell in love, got married, and lived happily ever after.
- (intransitive, of a person, inanimate 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!
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Translations
to come to have feelings of love
- Albanian: dashurohem (sq)
- American Sign Language: 1@Mouth-OpenB@CenterTrunkhigh-PalmUp RoundMidline 1@BasePalm-OpenB@CenterTrunkhigh-PalmUp RoundMidline 1@TipPalm-OpenB@CenterTrunkhigh-PalmUp
- Arabic: وَقَعَ بِحَبّ (waqaʿa bi-ḥabb)
- Belarusian: улюбля́цца impf (uljubljácca), улюбі́цца pf (uljubícca), закаха́цца pf (zakaxácca), палюбі́ць pf (paljubícʹ)
- Catalan: enamorar-se (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 愛上 (zh), 爱上 (zh) (àishàng), 掉入愛河之中, 掉入爱河之中 (diàorù ài hé zhīzhōng), 墮入情網, 堕入情网 (duòrù qíngwǎng), 鍾情 (zh), 钟情 (zh) (zhōngqíng)
- Czech: zamilovat se
- Danish: forelske sig i, blive forelsket i
- Dutch: verliefd worden, verlieven
- Esperanto: enamiĝi
- Finnish: rakastua (fi)
- French: tomber amoureux (fr) (of a man or a person designated by a masculine noun), tomber amoureuse (of a woman or a person designated by a feminine noun), s'amouracher
- German: sich verlieben (de)
- Greek: ερωτεύομαι (el) (erotévomai)
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- Hebrew: התאהב (he)
- Hungarian: beleszeret (hu)
- Ido: ameskar (io)
- Italian: innamorarsi (it)
- Japanese: 大好きになる (daisuki ni naru), 惚れる (ほれる, horeru), 恋に落ちる (koi ni ochiru)
- Korean: 사랑에 빠지다 (sarang-e bbajida), 반하다 (ko) (banhada)
- Latin: exardesco, amorem ardeo
- Norwegian: forelske
- Polish: zakochać się (pl)
- Portuguese: apaixonar-se, enamorar-se
- Romanian: (se) îndrăgosti (ro)
- Russian: влюбля́ться (ru) impf (vljubljátʹsja), влюби́ться (ru) pf (vljubítʹsja), полюби́ть (ru) pf (poljubítʹ)
- Scottish Gaelic: gabh gaol
- Slovene: zaljubiti se
- Spanish: enamorarse (es)
- Swedish: bli kär, förälska sig
- Telugu: ప్రేమలోపడు (te) (prēmalōpaḍu)
- Turkish: aşık olmak
- Ukrainian: зако́хуватися impf (zakóxuvatysja), закоха́тися pf (zakoxátysja), полюби́ти pf (poljubýty)
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to come to have feelings of love towards each other
to come to have feelings of intense liking