On 9 March 2011, after two years of relationship, the Diego Forlán announced on his Twitter page that he and Zaira were engaged to be married: however, in June 2011, this couple announced they were breaking their engagement and Zaira stated «Now what I can say is thank goodness I didn't get married!» after the breakup; from October 2011 to November 2014 she dated Juan Mónaco.