La Palabra Del Dia: "amar"
amar ( ah-mahr' )
verb ( to love )
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Guidelines:
Write sentences at least 5 words long, but don't write a paragraph either. Write your Spanish sentence, but include the English translation as well. Make the corrections suggested by other users and moderators in the comments section (try not to use personal pronouns unless absolutely necessary). Use your own words! (Don't use a translator, copy from a book, use song lyrics, etc.) Please keep political, religious or personal statements to a minimum. This is a practice game.
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Examples:
1. Es mejor haber amado y perdido que no haber amado nunca.
It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
2. Amar a alguien es algo que uno escoge hacer.
Loving someone is something you choose to do. .
Notes:
The verb "querer" is also frequently used in Spanish to talk about loving someone (whether a romantic partner, a family member, or a friend). .
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Te amo hoy, te he amado siempre, nunca te dejaré de amar.
I love you today, I have always loved you, I will never stop loving you.
Te amo muchísimo y te amaré para siempre y sufro en silencio por ti, porque no te fijas en mi.
I love you very much and I will love you forever and I suffer in silence for you, because you do not take any notice of me.
El amor es tan malinterpretado. Cada día alguien es asesinado por una persona que una vez le dijo, “Te amo”.
Love is so misunderstood. Every day someone is murdered by a person who once said, “I love you.”
Aunque hay los que quienes han argumentado que las emociones de los animales no deberían compararse con las de los seres humanos, y hacer de lo contrario sería antropomorfismo, la mayoría de los científicos han llegado a creer lo que los que interactúan estrechamente con los animales siempre han sabido, que hay animales que son capaz capaces de amar a otros.
Although there are those that have argued that the emotions of animals should not be compared with those of human beings, and to do otherwise would be anthropomorphism, the majority of scientists have come to believe that which those who interact closely with animals always have known, that there are animals that are capable of loving others.
I love you. (to your lover or spouse)
Te amo. (para tu amante o para tu esposo/a)
I love you. (to a friend, a family member or your lover/spouse)
Te quiero. (para amigos, para miembros de su familia o para tu amante/esposo-a)
By the way, "I love you" is not usually said to friends in the United States, particularly amongst men. If it is said, it is usually done in a light-hearted way such as: You may be stupid, but I love you anyway man. 
I love swimming. (the Spanish version with querar means I want to swim)
Quiero nadar. (incorrecto, esto significa "tengo ganas de o un deseo para nadar")
Me encanta nadar. (correcto)
I like swimming very much.
Me gusta mucho nadar.
I love swimming. (it is uncommon to use amor here, that is for true love)
Amo nadar. (poco común, nadar no es tu amante)
Only use "querer" for "amar" for human beings.
Sólo usa "querer" por "amar" para los seres humanos.
Be careful when using querer, because it can also mean "want." It depends on the context.
Ten cuidado cuando se usa "querer" porque también lo puede significa un deseo. Depende en el contexto.
Only use "amar" for "true love"
Sólo usa "amar" por "amor verdadero"
People in some countries say "Te amo" to their parents or grandparents, in others, this is not said. They say "Te quiero."
Las personas en algunos países dicen "Te amo" a sus padres o a sus abuelos, en otros, esto no es dicho. Dicen "Te quiero."
Some Spanish speakers say that "Te amo" is usually said only in soap operas or romantic movies.
Algunos hispanohablantes dicen que "Te amo", en general, sólo es dicho en las telenovelas o en las películas romanticas.
Here are a couple of quotes from a spanish.about.com forum:
Ibaquerena: Te quiero can be both for people close to you or for friends. It all depends on the importance you give to the words. You can tell a good friend te quiero and it may just mean the "I love you" that some friends tell one another without any romantic connotation. On the other hand, you an tell your wife te quiero mucho and it may mean "I love you" in the sense a lover would use it. Te amo is mostly used among people who are learning Spanish from a textbook or in telenovelas.
Medaly: My husband is from the Canary Islands and I am from Argentina. If I were to say te amo to my husband, rather than taking me seriously he would think I have turned "telenovela" on him. I would probably end up laughing on the floor if he were to say something like that to me.
Te quiero is the most common way to express romantic love (and human affection in general) in the real world. Te amo belongs to the world of telenovelas and romance novels. I am sure that other native speakers will coincide with me on that one.
Lissah3: But my husband from Venezuela always said te amo to me. Do you think that means maybe he never meant it?
Medaly: Well, he probably does mean it. Still it is not that common to use it outside of telenovelas and boleros.
Marijosé: Te quiero and te amo mean the same but are used in different contexts. Te quiero is used regarding love but in any context: family, friends and one's partner. Te amo and anything related to the verb amar is used only when you speak about true and romantic love. Therefore is not so common to hear it, and it is frequently used in novels, poetry and soaps.
Yo vi este graffiti en una pared en la parte vieja de Salamanca. Creo que es un mensaje de un novio a la que ama. ¿O crees que es de una chica para un chico?
I saw this graffiti on a wall in the old part of Salamanca. I think it is a message from a boyfriend to the one he loves. Or do you think it is from a girl to a boy?
Este es mi cachorro nuevo, fue rescatado de la carretera. Es un pequeño galgo español. Le dije a mi marido que no iba a tener otro perro hasta que se muera Wolfie y él estaba de acuerdo conmigo pero , bueno, cuando mi vecina y yo encontramos a esta pobre perrita corriendo suelta en medio del tráfico cambié de parecer, y aquí estamos, la familia tiene otro miembro y creo que voy a quererla con el tiempo. Ella es de buen temperamento y está dispuesta a amar a cualquier persona que le de de comer.
This is my new puppy, she was rescued from the road-side. It is a young Spanish Greyhound.
I told my husband that I wasn't going to have another dog until Wolfie dies, and my husband agreed with me, but when my neighbour and I found this poor little puppy running loose amongst all the traffic I changed my mind, an, well, here we are. Our family has a new mamber and I think I will come to love her in time. She is good-natured and willing to love whoever feeds her.
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Mi mujer y yo amamos el fútbol... nunca miramos los deportes en la televisión en casa, pero cuando hay un partido de fútbol muy importante (como el final de la Champions este sábado) vamos a un bar para mirarlo con los otros aficionados.
My wife and I love soccer... we never watch sports on television at home, but when there is an important soccer game (like the Champions League final this Saturday) we go to a bar to watch it with the other fans.
Oigan chicos, dile que la ama al deslumbrarla con flores. (Saqué todas las fotos en esta obra.)
Hey guys, tell her that you love her by dazzling her with flowers. (I took all the photographs in this work.)
Amor no correspondido = amar a alguien que no te ama.
Unrequited love = to love someone who doesn't love you.
¿Vas amarme cuando sea viejo y gris o calvo , tal vez?
Will you love me when I'm old and grey or bald perhaps?
Amo la señora de mis sueños, y en mis sueños permanecerá.
I love the woman of my dreams, and in my dreams she will remain.
