What is the difference between "Te amo" & "Te quiero?"

Question

Cual es la diferencia entre "Te amo" y "Te quiero?" escuchaba la cancion "Mi niña bonita" y hay una parte de la cancion que decia "Te queda pequeña la frase Te quiero por eso mis labios te dicen Te amo". hay una diferencia entre las dos palabras?

see my answer below - pacofinkler, Jul 29, 2011

Answer 1

Ambas se parecen, pero "te amo" implica un sentimiento más fuerte que "te quiero".

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Both are similar, but "te amo" it´s a strong sentiment compared with "te quiero".

Answer 2

This is the best answer I have ever seen for this question.

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Bookmarked! :) - GuitarWarrior, Jul 29, 2011

Answer 3

Please read here.

Answer 4

Son lo mismo en el sentido de amor. Te amo implica un sentimento mas fuerte aunque tambien depende del contexto.

Answer 5

My present understanding is that ''te quiero'' from the verb querer is used to express love between friends and family and querer is sometimes used to express romantic love between a man and a woman.

''Te amo'' from the verb amar is much stronger used to express the kind of romantic and intimate love shared between two lovers or a man and his wife.

I hope this helps

Yo amo a mi madre y no implica nada romantico ni intimo... solo es un sentimiento mas fuerte. - Krassa, Jul 29, 2011

Muchas gracias Krassa por tu correción - FELIZ77, Jul 29, 2011

See the link in my post Felizz - pacofinkler, Jul 29, 2011

Answer 6

I've been taught that 'te quiero' is a little more intimate and immediate than 'te amo', in the way that an old married couple might say 'te amo' while a couple of novios might say 'te quiero', si me entiende..

It´s wrong. amar it´s only a strong sentiment. - Krassa, Jul 29, 2011