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hippy
Querer is ‘to want’ and ‘to love’. You’re right about how amar is the big L ‘to Love’. Amar and querer can both be used for non-romantic love: amo el fútbol, quiero mucho a mi hermana.
Curiously, in the football example I just gave, one wouldn’t use ‘querer’ ever to convey a lighter amount of love for the sport. You could use ‘me gusta’, I like, or you could use ‘amo’, I truly love. Not much middle ground.
Encantar is to enchant. Si el fútbol te encanta, es normal. Si tu hermana te encanta, eso no es normal.