la amo, pero ella

I love her, but she...

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phrase Rare #47,209

I love her, but she... This is not a fixed idiom; it is the beginning of a sentence contrasting the speaker’s love for her with her feelings or situation. The sentence is often completed with a clause beginning with “ella.”

SP: La amo, pero ella no siente lo mismo.

EN: I love her, but she doesn't feel the same way.

La amo, pero ella está enamorada de otro.

I love her, but she’s in love with someone else.

La amo, pero ella es lesbiana.

I love her, but she’s a lesbian.

Yo la amo, pero ella dice que es sólo amistad.

I love her, but she says it's just friendship.

La amo, pero ella dice que lo nuestro es solamente una amistad.

I love her, but she says that what we have is just a friendship.