Love Austria being ahead of Germany or Spain (5)
I believe the answer is:
adore
'love' is the definition.
(adoring is a kind of loving)
'austria being ahead of germany or spain' is the wordplay.
'austria' becomes 'a'.
'being ahead of' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (some letters go in front of others).
'germany' becomes 'd' (vehicle registration code for Deutschland).
'spain' becomes 'e' (abbreviation for Espana).
'a'+'d'+'or'+'e'='ADORE'
(Other definitions for adore that I've seen before include "Love greatly" , "Worship, idolise" , "Love (someone) deeply" , "Worship and glorify" , "Treasure" .)