Verbs like gustar (encantar, doler)

You already know how to use gustar (to be pleasing to). Luckily, a whole group of useful Spanish verbs follows the exact same pattern! Instead of changing to match the person, these verbs change to match the thing causing the feeling.

Loving Things with "Encantar"

To say you strongly like or "love" a thing or activity, use encantar. Just like with gustar, use encanta for singular nouns and encantan for plural nouns.

Expressing Pain with "Doler"

To say something hurts, use the verb doler. Think of it as "to be painful to." The body part that hurts is the subject, so you will use duele for one body part and duelen for multiple.

Notice that in Spanish, we use the definite article (el, la, los, las) with body parts, not possessive words like "my" or "your". The pronoun (me, te, etc.) already tells us whose body part is hurting!

Other Verbs Like "Gustar"

You can use this exact same structure to talk about what matters to you, what interests you, and what bothers you.