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Spanish Reflexive Verbs
Reflexive verbs must be used with a reflexive pronoun in order
to indicate that the subject is performing the action of the verb upon
itself. Reflexive verbs exist in English, but they are much more common in
Spanish.
Reflexive verbs
usually have to do with parts of the
body, clothing, or one's state of mind. Here are some common reflexive verbs:
| aburrirse |
to get bored |
| acostarse |
to go to bed |
| afeitarse |
to shave |
| alegrarse |
to be happy |
| animarse |
to cheer up |
| arreglarse |
to get ready |
| asustarse |
to get scared |
| bañarse |
to bathe |
| calmarse |
to calm down |
| caerse |
to fall (down) |
| cansarse |
to get tired |
| cepillarse |
to brush (hair, teeth) |
| colocarse |
to get a job |
| cortarse |
to cut (hair, nails) |
| decidirse |
to make up one's mind |
| despedirse |
to say goodbye to |
| despertarse |
to wake up |
| divertirse |
to have a good time |
| dormirse |
to fall asleep |
| ducharse |
to take a shower |
| enfermarse |
to get sick |
| enojarse |
to get angry |
| lastimarse |
to hurt oneself |
| lavarse |
to wash (up) |
| levantarse |
to get up |
| maquillarse |
to put on makeup |
| peinarse |
to comb (hair) |
| pintarse |
to put on makeup |
| ponerse |
to put on (clothes) |
| preocuparse |
to worry |
| probarse |
to try on |
| quebrarse |
to break (arm, leg) |
| quedarse |
to stay, remain |
| quemarse |
to burn (oneself, one's body) |
| quitarse |
to take off (clothes) |
| romperse |
to tear (clothes);
to break (arm, leg) |
| sentarse |
to sit down |
| sorprenderse |
to be surprised |
| vestirse |
to get dressed |
Test on reflexive verbs
Reflexive verbs are one category of pronominal verbs.
More about Spanish pronominal verbs
More Spanish verb lessons
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