Verb to fall in love and other verbs with a preposition in Spanish related to love

You see it? The position of the pronoun is exactly the same.

Now that you know how the the verb fall in love and its meaning, We ask you one thing: try to memorize the preposition well that accompanies it, "of."

Many foreigners say "fall in love with" or "fall in love with", and that is a mistake. 

We know that it is difficult to remember the correct preposition that goes with each verb. 

There is only one way to do it right: study and practice mucho. 😁

What is it to be in love with someone?

You know what it's like to fall in love with someone. AND Being in love with someone? Is the same? 

They are very similar, although not exactly the same.

We have seen that fall in love with the person is a action that has a process. Sometimes that process will be fast and other times it will be slow, but the process is always there.

However, "Being in love with someone" is a adjective, not an action. 

Being in love is considered as a state of feeling . That is why it is used estar.

• For example: «I have been very much in love with Lola since the day I met her».

In Spanish, the participles They can have the function of adjectives. "In love" is one of them. 

Other examples of participles as adjectives They would be: being tired, being bored, being angry, being asleep, being excited... and many more.

Now that you know many things about him verb to fall in love, we will continue advancing with other verbs. 👉

Get involved with someone

Get involved with someone It is a more informal verb. When it comes to love, it can have two meanings.

What does it mean to hook up with someone

On the one hand, getting involved with someone is kiss someone on the lips 😚

• For example: «Rebeca got involved yesterday with Gerardo at the disco. How strong!".

On the other hand, it is also used when a person has sexual relations with another, but without committing to a serious relationship.

Did you know that if we remove "someone" and put "something" in its place, the verb to get involved changes completely?

In this situation it means get confused.

• For example: "I always mess with date of your birthday and that of your brother. Tell me again, please."

Hook up with someone 

Now that you know what what is dating someone, you will have no trouble understanding the meaning of hook up with someone.

It is practically the same.

What does it mean to hook up with someone

Hooking up with someone is also kiss someone else or have loving relationships without being boyfriends. 

However, if we remove the part of "with someone" the verb roll up has other senses away from love 

It is used when a person talks a lot and can even be heavy.

• For example: «When Marcos talks about his trips he gets too wrapped up. He bores me ».

marry someone

What comes after a beautiful love story?

Well, if it's lasting and seems like it's going to be forever, the next step for many people is to get married.

marry someone expresses the moment of wedding with partner.

• For example: "I will marry my boyfriend next year."

As with falling in love, we can also say "to be married to someone» but in this case it is an adjective of civil status.

• For example: "I am married and have children."

separate from someone

Unfortunately, many times after a happy time with your partner, love ends and the moment of separation arrives. 😢

We use separate from someone when a love relationship ends and those two people are disconnected in that sense. 

• For example: «I have separated from Marta. Our relationship has ended and now we no longer live together.

But it is not the end of the world! We can still be friends, right?

hang on someone

Literally, hang on someone it is to take a person and not let go, carrying all the weight of your body.

This is usually done by some children with their parents, hanging from their arms or legs.

Furthermore, this verb has another meaning related to love.

It means fall madly in love with someone to an extent that can be detrimental to your mental health because you are dependent on her.

• For example: "Jorge was so hung up on Tania that when they separated, he went into a deep depression."

Of course, this is not good for anyone, so be very careful and don't get hung up on anyone!

The adjective is also used colloquially be hung as a synonym for be crazy or to express that a person she's high.

Think of someone

Think of someone It's simple, isn't it?

It simply indicates that our thoughts are on a person. 

You can think of anyone: your girlfriend, your friend, your parents, your attractive Spanish teacher... 😏

If we love someone very much, it is normal for us to think about that person often.

• For example: "I love my girlfriend, I think of her every day."

We can also think about something.

• For example: "I think a lot about my future job."

What does it mean when you can't stop thinking about someone?

Now yeah you constantly think of a person and you can't get it out of your head... Houston, we have a problem. 

Means that that person occupies the center of your life and all your energy is focused on it. 

This can cause problems in your well-being and many disappointments when your expectations are not met. 

Do you remember the meaning of hanging on someone? Well, we have reached this point. This is no longer love, but obsession.

stop thinking about someone

we present you another verbal periphrase:

LEAVE + DE+ INFINITIVE

It serves to express the end of a habit.

Therefore, if we stop thinking about someone, it means that we no longer think about that person.

Sometimes we fall so in love with someone that it is normal to have that person in the center of our mind… for a while. 

Here are some tips if you want stop thinking about someone:

• Dedicate yourself to your hobbies.
• Take care of your family.
• Meet your friends.
• Do sports.
• learn spanish in Hispania, escuela de español. 😁

And, above all, work hard emotional intelligence. 🧠💓

Dream about someone

Dream about someone is another verbs with prepositions in spanish which can have more than one meaning. 

The most general meaning is think of a person while we are sleeping, that is, in dreams.

• For example: "Yesterday I dreamed about my friends, we were going skiing together."

As you can see, there doesn't have to be a love connotation here.

Now let's see how use dream of someone for talk about love.

What does it mean to dream of someone

In the love sense, dreaming of someone is used when we yearn very intensely to be with a person, but it cannot be at the moment or the love is unrequited.

In fact, it is often saiddream of being with someone».

• For example: "I dream of being with Aurora, but she wants another man."

Contact someone

Contact someone is one of prepositional verbs more used in social relations in general.

It is used when we achieve communicate with another person withianyou any means: face to face, by phone, by mail, by chat…

¿How to contact someone what do you like? Today there are many means, thanks to social networks you can contact that person you like so much.

But if he doesn't respond, let him be and don't be pushy. Live and let live.

We can also contact institutions: contact the hospital, contact the university, contact the police, etc.

Say goodbye to someone

It's sad when a person we love goes to another city and we won't see them for a long time.

Nobody likes goodbyes say goodbye to the people we appreciate it's always painful.

How to say goodbye to someone who ignores you

And what happens if someone you like begins to notice that they no longer pay attention to you? 

It can be frustrating to see that someone who once had an interest in you has stopped.

We believe that, in this situation, it is not necessary to say goodbye.

It's better to just let it be and give that person time. Maybe she doesn't talk to you because she is too busy with other things.

Or yes, it may be that she no longer feels attracted to you, what are we going to do to her!? We are adults and we have to assume that these things happen.

Respect their decision and take it in the noblest way possible, without emotional blackmail or anger.

So no drama or creating awkward situations! 

To something else. 😉

count on someone

We all like to feel that we can have someone in our worst moments.

It means we have people on our side who they will support and help us always, because they love us.

• For example: "If you need something, you know you can count on me for whatever you want."

Counting on someone is also used to know who's up for a plan.

• For example: "Alberto, are you coming to the party tonight, are we counting on you?"

Table of verbs with prepositions

We have finished the list of verbs with a preposition related to love. 

In total we have seen 11Remember that wanting and loving do not have a preposition.

Now we are going to classify them into a table according to the preposition. 

This will help you to better memorize which preposition goes with each one.