fall for



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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
fall for [sb/sth] vi + prepinformal (be attracted)enamorarse de v prnl + prep
 (coloquial)morirse por v prnl + prep
 He is good-looking and smooth: all the women fall for him.
 Audrey fell for a beautiful pair of shoes she saw in a shop window.
 Es guapo y amable: todas las chicas se enamoran de él. // Audrey se enamoró de un par de zapatos que vio en la vidriera de una tienda.
fall for [sth] vi + prepinformal (be fooled)creerse⇒ v prnl
 (coloquial)tragarse el cuento loc verb
 The investment scheme promised huge returns, and I fell for it.
 El ardid del inversionistas prometía tan buenos rendimientos, que me lo creí.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
fall head over heels for [sb] v exprfigurative (fall in love)enamorarse perdidamente de loc verb
 In Greek mythology, Eros shot a golden arrow that made Apollo fall head over heels for Daphne.
fall for [sth] hook,
line and sinker v expr		figurative, informal (be duped) (AR)entrar como un caballo expr
 (AR)comérsela enterita expr
 She's so gullible, she fell for his story hook, line, and sinker.
fall over backward for [sb] (US),
fall over backwards for [sb] (UK) v expr		figurative (bend over backward: make effort)tratar por todos los medios loc verb
ride for a fall v exprinformal, figurative (be heading for failure or disaster)acabar mal loc verb
  terminar mal loc verb
 Darryl's sister told him he was riding for a fall when he fell in love with his friend's mother.
 La hermana de Darryl le dijo que aquello de enamorarse de la madre de su amigo acabaría mal.
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'fall for' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
Spanish:
clavar - tragar - caer redondo - enamorar - caer rendido ante - pillar - encandilar - picar - a pies juntillas - tragar entero - tragarse el cuento - entrar al trapo - picar el anzuelo - agarrar papa - coger la vara - comerse el cuento

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