adorar

To adore or worship — used both for religious devotion (adorar a Dios) and, very commonly in everyday speech, for loving something intensely (adoro el chocolate, te adoro). Stronger than gustar or querer.

• Te adoro más que a nada. — I adore you more than anything.
• Los fieles adoraban a la Virgen en la procesión. — The faithful worshipped the Virgin in the procession.
• Adora el mar; va todos los veranos. — She adores the sea; she goes every summer.

Overusing adorar as a casual synonym for gustar — in English 'I adore this' is common hyperbole, but in Spanish adorar keeps more emotional weight and shouldn't replace gustar/encantar for mild preferences.

• song Adoro — Classic 1967 bolero by Mexican songwriter Armando Manzanero, one of his best-known songs, opening with the line 'Adoro, la calle en que nos vimos...' — recorded in dozens of versions since.