Whether you’re learning Spanish, have Spanish or Latin American roots, are dating (or want to date) a Spanish speaker, or just simply like the language, one thing always fits: Spanish quotes about love. Love and romance sound so much more passionate in Spanish, don’t you think?
The Spanish language, also known as the language of passion, is rich in expressions that capture the entire spectrum of love. Whether it’s the sweet moments of being in love or the bitter moments of heartbreak, the following Spanish love phrases and quotes can express these feelings in a powerful way.
I myself have not only lived in Spain for several years, but I am also married to a Spaniard. And since my husband Eduardo is probably the most unromantic Spaniard out there, I’ll just share these beautiful Spanish love sayings with you instead. And for better understanding, every romantic Spanish quote comes with an English translation. All set? Then let’s get started right away.
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The best Spanish Quotes about love & romantic
So let’s dive right into the world of Spanish sayings about romance and love: sweet sayings and words with English translation.
Si cuando amo soy feliz, entonces eres mi felicidad
- “If when I love, I am happy, then you are my happiness.”
No te quiero para mí, te quiero conmigo. Es diferente.
- “I don’t want you for me, I want you with me. It is different.”
Desde que nos amamos no necesito pedirles deseos a las estrellas
- “Since we love each other, I don’t need to wish upon the stars.”
Te quería decir que me gustas, pero siendo honestos: me encantas.
- “I wanted to tell you that I like you, but to be honest: I love you.”
Nunca había creído que la vida pudiese ser tan bella, hasta que tú apareciste y empezaste a formar parte de ella.
- “I had never believed that life could be so beautiful until you showed up and started to be part of it.”
Solo hay dos momentos en que quiero estar contigo: Ahora y para Siempre.
- “There ar only two times I want to be with you: Now and forever”
En tu sonrisa, veo algo más hermoso que las estrellas.
- “In your smile, I see something more beautiful than the stars.”
Si con un beso pudiera demostrar mi amor te estaría besando siempre.
- “If with a kiss I could show my love, I would be kissing you always.”
A ti te veo en todos mis planes, incluso en los que pensé que no invitaría a nadie.
– Andrés Ixtepan
- “I see you in all my plans, even the ones I thought I wouldn’t invite anyone to.”
En la escala del amor, tú eres el infinito.
- “On the scale of love, you are infinity.”
Amar no es nada, ser amado es algo. Amar y ser amado lo es todo.
– Bill Russell
- “To love is nothing, to be loved is something. To love and to be loved is everything.”
Solo quería recordarte que estoy pensando en ti.
- “I just wanted to remind you that I’m thinking of you.”
Si no tardas mucho, te espero toda la vida.
- “If you don’t take too long, I’ll wait for you all my life.”
Desde que estamos juntos no creo que haya nada imposible.
- “Since we have been together I don’t think anything is impossible.”
Si tuviera que volver a comenzar mi vida, intentaría encontrarte mucho antes.
– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- “If I had to start my life over, I would try to find you much sooner.”
Y cuando me besa, sostiene mi cara con ambas manos como si fuese la luna.
– Ron Israel
- “And when he kisses me, he holds my face with both hands as if it were the moon.”
El corazón que ama siempre será joven.
- “The heart that loves will always be young.”
El amor es la poesía de los sentidos.
– Honoré de Balzac
- “Love is the poetry of the senses.”
¿Sabes cuánto mide el universo? Entonces no sabes cuánto me gustas.
- “Do you know how big the universe is? Then you don’t know how much I like you.”
No es quien te saca a bailar, sino quien se sienta a esperarte.
- “It is not the one who asks you to dance, but the one who sits down to wait for you.”
Short Spanish Love Quotes
Sometimes it doesn’t take many words at all. Some things are simply better said in a small number of words. Whether as Whatsapp status, a short message to a special person, or maybe even as a Spanish tattoo. In the following part, you will find a few short Spanish love sayings – of course, as always, with English translation.
El amor no necesita ser perfecto – sino verdadero.
- “Love does not need to be perfect – but true.”
Si no hay amor, que no haya nada.
- “If there is no love, let there be nothing.”
Los latidos dicen lo que callan las palabras.
- “The heartbeats say what the words are not saying.”
Somos dos versos que riman sin rima.
- “We are two rhyming verses without rhyme.”
Quiero hacer contigo lo que la primavera hace con los cerezos
- “I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees.”
Amor sin temor
- “Love without fear”
Mi lugar favorito es estar entre tus brazos.
- “My favorite place to be is in your arms.”
Tú haces que quiera ser mejor persona.
– James L. Brooks
- “You make me want to be a better person.”
Me enamoro mil veces al día, y todas son de ti.
- “I fall in love a thousand times a day, and all of them are with you.”
Para siempre en mi corazón
- “Forever in my heart.”
Eres mi todo, mi más, mi siempre.
– Danns Vega
- “You are my everything, my more, my always.”
Me gustaría tener 10 vidas para poder amarte 10 veces.
- “I wish I had 10 lives so I could love you 10 times.”
Tú eres la estrella de mi universo.
- “You are the star of my universe.”
Cada vez que se cruzan nuestras miradas toco el cielo.
- “Every time our eyes meet I touch the sky.”
Nunca terminaré de enamorarme de ti.
– Nicole Williams
- “I will never stop falling in love with you.”
Mi felicidad tiene tu nombre.
- “My happiness has your name.”
Eres la casualidad más bonita que llegó a mi vida.
- “You are the most beautiful coincidence that came into my life.”
Hay partes de mí que solo existen cuando estoy contigo.
– Ron Israel
- “There are parts of me that only exist when I am with you.”
Eres un sueño del cual no quiero despertar.
- “You are a dream I don’t want to wake up from.”
Eres mi pensamiento favorito.
- “You are my favorite thought.”
Lo mejor de mi vida es estar en la tuya.
- “The best thing in my life is to be in yours.”
Vamos a crear la historia de amor más bonita del mundo.
- “Let’s create the most beautiful love story in the world.”
Si te vieras con mis ojos…entenderías.
– Frida Kahlo
- “If you saw yourself through my eyes…you would understand.”
Romantic Spanish Quotes by famous people
They say that Spanish is the language of love and passion. So it’s hardly surprising that some of the famous Spanish-speaking poets and thinkers out there have composed some very inspiring words.
While some of the following quotes may not have been said outright in Spanish, they just simply sound better in Spanish.
Para quien ama, nada es imposible.
— Santa Teresa de Jesús
- “For those who love, nothing is impossible.”
El amor se demuestra con actos.
– Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
- “Love is demonstrated by actions.”
Andábamos sin buscarnos, pero sabiendo que andábamos para encontrarnos.
– Julio Cortázar
- “We walked without looking for each other, but knowing that we were walking to find each other.”
La medida del amor es amar sin medida.
– San Augustín
- “The measure of love is to love without measure.”
¿Cómo entra la luz en una persona? si la puerta del amor está abierta.
– Paulo Coelho
- “How does light enter a person? If the door of love is open.”
Amar es encontrar la única persona que completa tu corazón.
– Julia Quinn
- “To love is to find the one person who completes your heart.”
Qué cosa más bonita es verte, mientras me ves, viéndote a ti.
– José Urbano
- “What a beautiful thing it is to see you, while you see me, seeing you.”
Amar no es solamente querer, es sobre todo comprender.
– Françoise Sagan
- “To love is not only to want, it is above all to understand.”
El arte y el amor lo son todo en nuestra vida.
– Juan Ramón Jiménez
- “Art and love are everything in our lives.”
Si yo pudiera darte una cosa en la vida, me gustaría darte la capacidad de verte a ti mismo a través de mis ojos. Sólo entonces te darás cuenta de lo especial que eres para mí.
– Frida Kahlo
- “If I could give you one thing in life, I would like to give you the ability to see yourself through my eyes. Only then will you realize how special you are to me.”
Donde hay amor hay vida
– Mahatma Gandhi
- “Where there is love, there is life.”
En un beso, sabrás todo lo que he callado.
– Pablo Neruda
- “In a kiss, you’ll know everything I’ve kept silent.”
Solo hay un remedio para el amor: amar más.
– Henry David Thoreau
- “There is only one remedy for love: love more.”
El amor es la mayor frescura en la vida.
– Pablo Picasso
- “Love is the greatest freshness in life.”
El amor es invisible y entra y sale por donde quiere sin que nadie le pida cuenta de sus hechos.
– Miguel de Cervantes
- “Love is invisible and comes and goes as it pleases without anyone asking it to account for its actions.”
Y entonces lo entendí: Mirarte era como soplar las velas teniendo el deseo enfrente.
– Oscar Campuzano
- “And then I understood: Looking at you was like blowing out the candles with the desire in front of me.”
Te miraré cada día como se mira el mar por primera vez.
– Nerea Delgado
- “I will look at you every day as one looks at the sea for the first time.”
Sad Spanish Love Phrases
Love can be so beautiful – but sometimes it can hurt. The Spanish language also offers a few beautiful words for your heartache, which will help you through the difficult time.
Cuando dos personas deciden separarse, no es señal de que no se entienden entre sí, sino que es señal de que por fin comenzaron a entenderse.
– Helen Rowland
- “When two people decide to get a divorce, it isn’t a sign that they don’t understand’ one another, but a sign that they have, at last, begun to.”
Te fuiste y se me amontonan las preguntas para las que solo tú tienes respuesta.
- “You left, and I’m piling up questions that only you have the answers to.”
Nada hace una habitación más vacía que querer que alguien se encuentre en ella.
- “Nothing makes a room emptier than wanting someone to be in it.”
Hasta la mejor persona se cansa de mover montañas por quien no mueve por ella, ni una piedra.
- “Even the best person gets tired of moving mountains for someone who does not move a stone for them.”
El más difícil no es el primer beso, sino el último.
– Paul Géraldy
- “The most difficult is not the first kiss, but the last one.”
Hay amores que solo pueden existir en tu corazón, no en tu vida.
- “There are loves that can only exist in your heart, not in your life.”
En ocasiones, la vida separa a las personas para que se den cuenta de lo que significan la una para la otra.
– Paulo Coelho
- “Sometimes, life separates people so that they realize what they mean to each other.”
No digas, demuestra; no prometas, cumple.
- “Don’t say, show; don’t promise, deliver.”
Nunca hagas de alguien una prioridad, cuando todo lo que eres para él es una opción.
- “Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.”
Me estoy acostumbrando a olvidarte, no interrumpas.
- “I’m getting used to forgetting you, don’t interrupt.”
Spanish Sayings about love from Spanish love songs
Sometimes it is best said with music. Spanish love songs, after all, are famous all over the world for their expressive romanticism. So let’s take a look at some of the most beautiful Spanish love song quotes.
Quisiera ser el aire que escapa de tu risa
– Quisiera ser – Alejandro Sánz
- I’d like to be the air that escapes from your laughter.”
Amor no es literatura si no se puede escribir en la piel.
– Joan Manuel Serrat
- “Love is not literature if it cannot be written on the skin.”
Cada vez que me levanto
– Juanes – Es port ti
Y veo que a mi lado estás
Me siento renovado
Y me siento aniquilado
Aniquilado si no estás
Tú controlas toda mi verdad
Y todo lo que está de más
Tus ojos me llevan lentamente al sol
Y tu boca me habla del amor y el corazón
Tu piel tiene el color
De un rojo atardecer
Y es por ti
Que late mi corazón…
“Every time I wake up
And see you by my side
I feel renewed
And I feel annihilated
Annihilated if you’re not there
You control all my truth
And all that is extra
Your eyes lead me slowly to the sun
And your mouth speaks to me of love and the heart
Your skin has the color
Of a red sunset
And it’s because of you
That my heart beats…”
Me encanta verte, tenerte, abrazarte
– Eres Tú – Carla Morrison
Cuando estoy a un lado de ti
Todo lo bueno de mí florece, eres tú
Ese imán de una preciosa energía
“I love to see you, to hold you, to embrace you
When I’m next to you
Everything good in me blossoms, it’s you
That magnet of precious energy”
Me enamoré de ti
– Sígueme – Manuel Carrasco
Y qué importa si me salgo
Me divierto si te pienso
Y te pienso sin pensarlo
“I fell in love with you
And what does it matter if I get out
I have fun if I think of you
And I think of you without thinking”
El color de tus ojos se robó mi atención
– El Color de tus Ojos – Banda MS
Te vas metiendo dentro de mi corazón
Perfecta en cualquier sentido
Con pantalón o vestido, robas mi respiración
“The color of your eyes stole my attention
You’re moving into my heart
Perfect in every way
With pants or dress, you steal my breath away”
Y es que por tu amor volví a nacer
– Volví a nacer – Carlos Vives
Tú fuiste la respiración
Y era tan grande la ilusión
“And it is because of your love that I was born again.
You were the breath
And the desire was so great”
Te amo
– Franco de Vita – Te Amo
Desde el primer momento en que te vi
Y hace tiempo te buscaba
Y ya te imaginaba así
Te amo
Aunque no es tan fácil de decir
Y defino lo que siento
Con estas palabras
Te amo
“I love you
From the first moment I saw you
And I’ve been looking for you for a long time
And I imagined you like this
I love you
Although it’s not so easy to say
And I define what I feel
With these words
I love you”
En secreto y en silencio, te amaré
– Te amaré – Miguel Bosé
Arriesgando en lo prohibido, te amaré
En lo falso y en lo cierto
Con el corazón abierto
Por ser algo no perfecto, te amaré
“In secret and in silence, I will love you
Risking in the forbidden, I will love you
In the false and in the true
With an open heart
For being something not perfect, I will love you”
