Love is any of a number of emotions and experiences related to a sense of strong affection[1] and attachment. The word love can refer to a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes,ranging from generic pleasure (“I loved that meal”) to intense interpersonal attraction (“I love my boyfriend”). This diversity of uses and meanings, combined with the complexity of the feelings involved,makes love unusually difficult to consistently define, even compared to other emotional states.
As an abstract concept, love usually refers to a deep, ineffable feeling of tenderly caring for anotherperson. Even this limited conception of love, however, encompasses a wealth of different feelings, from the passionate desire and intimacy of romantic love to the nonsexual emotional closeness offamilial and platonic love[2] to the profound oneness or devotion of religious love.[3] Love in its various forms acts as a major facilitator of interpersonal relationships and, owing to its centralpsychological importance, is one of the most common themes in the creative arts.
El amor es uno de una serie de emociones y experiencias relacionadas con un sentido de afecto fuerte [1] y de apego. Theword love can refer to a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes, ranging from generic pleasure (“I loved that meal”) to intense interpersonal attraction (“I love my boyfriend”). El amor depalabra puede referirse a una variedad de sentimientos, estados y actitudes, que van desde el placer genéricos ( “Me encantó esa comida”) para la atracción interpersonal intensa ( “Yo amo a minovio”). This diversity of uses and meanings, combined with the complexity of the feelings involved, makes love unusually difficult to consistently define, even compared to other emotional states. Estadiversidad de usos y significados, junto con la complejidad de los sentimientos involucrados, hace el amor inusualmente difíciles de definir constantemente, incluso en comparación con otros estados…