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Reflexive Verbs. A verb is reflexive in Spanish when: the subject receives the action of the verb. In English this is implied by the endings -self and -selves. In Spanish the reflexive pronouns are: me nos te os se se.
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A verb is reflexive in Spanish when: the subject receives the action of the verb. In English this is implied by the endings -self and -selves.
In Spanish the reflexive pronouns are: me nos te os se se
Many reflexive verbs in Spanish describe daily routine actions: despertarse (to wake up) ducharse (to take a shower) peinarse (to comb oneself) vestirse (to get dressed) acostarse (to go to bed)
Other reflexive verbs describe a physical or emotional state: divertirse (to enjoy oneself) sentirse (to feel an emotion)
Some reflexive verbs describe a change of state and they carry the added meaning of “to get” or “to become.”
Some verbs have a different meaning when used reflexively: ir to go irse to leave parecer to seem parecerse a to look like quitar to take away quitarse to take off perder to lose perderse to get lost dormir to sleep dormirse to fall asleep quedar to be located quedarse to stay volver to return volverse to become
Placement of reflexive pronouns with commands follows the same rules that apply to placement of direct and indirect object pronouns. Dúchate (Take a shower) No te duches (Don’t take a shower)
Reciprocal Pronouns To tell what people do to or for one another. Use nos, os, and se before the plural of reciprocal verbs. Mis hermanos y yo no nos peleamos nunca. Alonso y Fernanda se llaman todos los días, pero se ven muy poco.