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Enamorarse (de), estar enamorado (de) | to fall in love (with), to be in love (with) [to become enamoured of] |
Desear | to desire, to want |
Querer | to love affectionately, to love |
Amar | to love passionately |
[When used with people] to find sensually or sexually attractive | |
La pareja | the couple |
La boda, el casamiento, el matrimonio | the wedding, the marriage, the wedding couple |
El apellido de soltera, la soltería | maiden name, bachelorhood |
El estado civil | Civil status |
Casarse (con), casado/a (con) | to marry/get married (to), married (to) |
Estar en estado, estar embarazada | to be expecting, to be pregnant |
Dar a luz, el parto, el nacimiento, adoptar | to give birth, childbirth, birth, to adopt |
La fe de nacimiento, la fecha de nacimiento | birth certificate, birthdate |
Romper con | to break up with |
Divorciarse (de), divorciado/a, |
to divorce or to get divorced (from), divorced |
Ex-esposo, ex-esposa | ex-husband, ex-wife |
Viudo, viuda | widower, widow |
Los novios, el novio, la novia | engaged people/the bridal couple, groom, bride |
Los suegros, el suegro, la suegra | parents-in-law, father-in-law, mother-in-law |
El cuñado, la cuñada | brother-in-law, sister-in-law |
El yerno, la nuera, político/a | son-in-law, daughter-in-law, In-law = related by marriage |