fall in love

Pronunciation

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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, particularly romantic love.
I fell in love with him the moment I first saw him.

Have you ever fallen in love?
- 1975, Brian Potter, Dennis Lambert, “It Only Takes a Minute”, in In the City, performed by Tavares:
  It only takes a minute girl / To fall in love
- 2016 February 5, Wesley Schultz and Jeremy Fraites, “Ophelia”, in Cleopatra‎, performed by The Lumineers:
  Oh, Ophelia / You've been on my mind, girl, since the flood / Oh, Ophelia / Heaven help a fool who falls in love
- 2019, Cavetown, “Home”‎:
  Often, I am upset / That I cannot fall in love, but I guess / This avoids the stress of falling out of it
- 2020 February 27, Doja Cat, “Doja Cat - Say So (Official Video)” (00:42 from the start)‎, archived from the original on 27 February 2020:
  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'
(intransitive, reciprocal) To come to have feelings of love towards each other.
They met, fell in love, got married, and lived happily ever after.
- 2017, Ed Sheeran, “Perfect”:
  'Cause we were just kids when we fell in love
  Not knowing what it was
  I will not give you up this time.
(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!

Synonyms

develop feelings
enamour

Antonyms

Derived terms

falling in love, falling-in-love (noun)

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 فِي حُبّ (waqaʕa fī ḥubb)
Hijazi Arabic: عِشِق (ʕišig), حَبّ (ḥabb)
Armenian: սիրահարվել (hy) (siraharvel)
Azerbaijani: aşiq olmaq, vurulmaq
Belarusian: улюбля́цца impf (uljubljácca), улюбі́цца pf (uljubícca), закаха́цца pf (zakaxácca), палюбі́ць pf (paljubícʹ)
Bulgarian: влю́бвам се impf (vljúbvam se), влю́бя се pf (vljúbja se)
Burmese: ရည်ငံ (my) (ranyngam)
Catalan: enamorar-se (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 愛上 / 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 / 钟情 (zh) (zhōngqíng)
Czech: zamilovat se pf
Danish: forelske sig i, blive forelsket i
Dutch: verliefd worden, verlieven (nl)
Esperanto: enamiĝi, ekami (eo)
Estonian: armuma (et)
Finnish: rakastua (fi)
French: tomber amoureux (fr) m, tomber amoureuse f, s'amouracher (fr)
German: sich verlieben (de)
Greek: ερωτεύομαι (el) (erotévomai)
Hebrew: הִתְאַהֵב (he) (hit'ahév)
Hindi: प्यार में पड़ना (pyār mẽ paṛnā)
Hungarian: beleszeret (hu), szerelmes lesz
Icelandic: verða ástfanginn (is)
Ido: ameskar (io)
Indonesian: jatuh cinta (id)
Italian: innamorarsi (it)
Japanese: 好きになる (すきになる, suki ni naru), 惚れる (ja) (ほれる, horeru), 恋に落ちる (ja) (こいにおちる, koi ni ochiru)
Kazakh: ғашық болу (ğaşyq bolu)
Khmer: ធ្លាក់ក្នុង អន្លង់ស្នេហ៍ (thlĕək knong ʼɑnlŭəng snae)
Korean: 사랑에 빠지다 (sarang'e ppajida), 반하다 (ko) (banhada), 사랑하게 되다 (saranghage doeda)
Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: dil dan (ku), dil ketin (ku)
Kyrgyz: сүйүп калуу (ky) (süyüp kaluu), ашык болуу (ky) (aşık boluu)
Latin: exardesco, amorem ardeo
Latvian: iemīlēties
Lithuanian: pamilti, įsimylėti
Macedonian: се вљубува impf (se vljubuva), се вљуби pf (se vljubi), се заљубува impf (se zaljubuva), се заљуби pf (se zaljubi), засакува impf (zasakuva), засака pf (zasaka)
Norwegian: forelske
Persian: عاشق شدن (fa) ('âšeq šodan)
Polish: zakochiwać się impf, zakochać się pf
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
Serbo-Croatian: zavoljeti (sh) pf
Cyrillic: заљубљи́вати се impf, заљу́бити се pf

Roman: zaljubljívati se (sh) impf, zaljúbiti se (sh) pf
Sikkimese: ཆགས (chags)
Slovak: zamilovať sa pf
Slovene: zaljubiti se pf
Spanish: enamorarse (es), embullarse (es) (crazily, Honduras), enlunarse (Central America)
Swedish: bli kär, förälska sig (sv)
Tajik: ошиқ шудан (ošiq šudan), шайдо шудан (šaydo šudan)
Telugu: ప్రేమలోపడు (prēmalōpaḍu)
Thai: ตกหลุมรัก (dtòk-lǔm-rák), หลงรัก (lǒng-rák)
Tibetan: སེམས་ཤོར (sems shor)
Turkish: âşık olmak (tr), vurulmak (tr)
Turkmen: aşyk bolmak
Ukrainian: зако́хуватися impf (zakóxuvatysja), закоха́тися pf (zakoxátysja), полюби́ти pf (poljubýty)
Urdu: پیار میں پڑنا (pyār mẽ paṛnā), محبت میں پڑنا (muhabbat mẽ paṛnā)
Uyghur: كۆيۈپ قالماق (köyüp qalmaq)
Uzbek: oshiq boʻlmoq, sevib qolmoq
Vietnamese: phải lòng (vi), đổ (vi)

to come to have feelings of love towards each other

Albanian: dashurohem (sq)
Bulgarian: влю́бвам се impf (vljúbvam se), влю́бя се pf (vljúbja se)
Czech: zamilovat se
Danish: forelske sig i, blive forelsket i
Dutch: verliefd worden, verlieven (nl)
Esperanto: enamiĝi
Finnish: rakastua (fi)
French: tomber amoureux (fr) m, tomber amoureuse f
German: sich verlieben (de)
Greek: ερωτεύομαι (el) (erotévomai)
Hungarian: egymásba szeret
Ido: ameskar (io)
Italian: innamorarsi (it)
Japanese: 好きになる (すきになる, suki ni naru)
Latin: exardesco, amorem ardeo
Polish: zakochiwać się w sobie impf, zakochać się w sobie pf
Portuguese: apaixonar-se, enamorar-se (pt)
Romanian: (se) îndrăgosti (ro), (se) înamora (ro)
Russian: влюбля́ться (ru) impf (vljubljátʹsja), влюби́ться (ru) pf (vljubítʹsja)
Slovene: zaljubiti se
Spanish: enamorarse (es), amartelarse (es)
Swedish: bli kära, förälska sig (sv)
Telugu: ప్రేమలోపడు (prēmalōpaḍu)

to come to have feelings of intense liking

Bulgarian: влю́бвам се impf (vljúbvam se), влю́бя се pf (vljúbja se)
Danish: forelske sig
Finnish: ihastua (fi)
German: sich verlieben (de)
Hungarian: beleszeret (hu)
Italian: innamorarsi (it)
Latin: exardesco, amorem ardeo
Polish: zakochiwać się impf, zakochać się pf
Romanian: (se) îndrăgosti (ro)
Scottish Gaelic: gabh gaol
Spanish: enamorarse (es), quedar prendado m
Swedish: bli kär, förälska sig (sv)

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French: ^{(please verify)} tomber amoureux de m, ^{(please verify)} tomber amoureuse de f