In Spanish, to express that you "love (something)" or you "love doing (something)" we use verb encantar.
Encantar works in exactly the same way gustar does.
To love something in Spanish
Have a look at these examples:
Notice how the order is different in English and Spanish.
In English:
Subject (I) + verb (love) + what is loved (chocolate/strawberries)
In Spanish:
To love doing something in Spanish
If you want to express "you love doing something" you only use "encanta" and not encantan:
Notice how what you like is expressed with an infinitive (-ar,-er,-ir form), not a gerund like in English (-ing form).
To express more intensity about how much you like something you can use alternative verbs. For example:
Apasionar (to be passionate about)
Fascinar (to be fascinated by)
Apasionar and fascinar work exactly the same way verb gustar works. They can be used in any tense and will always be conjugated in the 3rd person singular or plural.
They are accompanied by indirect object pronouns (me, te, le, nos, os, les) which tells us "who" is doing the liking, loving, being passionate or fascinated. Here are other examples using different pronouns:
See also these lessons about "gustar":
- Using gustar in Spanish + verb to say like [doing something]
- Using gustar in Spanish to say you like something
Here is a list of "inverted" verbs:
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