List of Spanish reflexive verbs
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Sign up for freeReflexive verb | English translation | Example |
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aburrir(se) | to get bored | Estoy en casa sola y me aburro. (I am alone in the house and I am getting bored.) |
acordar(se) de | to remember | ¿Te acuerdas de mí? (Do you remember me?) |
acostar(se) | to go to bed | Esta noche quiero acostarme pronto. (Tonight I want to go to bed early.) |
afeitar(se) | to shave (oneself) | Mi padre se afeita antes de desayunar. (My father shaves [himself] before breakfast.) |
asustar(se) | to get scared | Su cara nos asustó. (His face scared us.) |
atrever(se) a | to dare | No se atrevó a decirle nada. (He did not dare to tell her anything.) |
bañar(se) | to bathe (oneself) | Hace calor. Voy a bañarme. (It is hot. I'll go to bathe [myself].) |
casar(se) con | to get married with | Luca se ha casado con una chica de Valencia. (Luca has got married with a girl from Valencia.) |
despedir(se) de | to say goodbye | No quiero despedirme de ti. (I do not want to say good-bye to you.) |
despertar(se) | to wake up | ¿A qué hora os habéis despertado? (What time have you woken up?) |
distraer(se) | to get distracted | Necesito distraerme. (I need to get distracted.) |
duchar(se) | to shower (oneself) | Cada mañana me ducho antes de ir a la oficina. (Every morning I shower [myself] before going to the office.) |
enfadar(se) | to get angry | Se enfadaron con él cuando descubrieron la verdad. (They got angry with him when they discovered the truth.) |
enterar(se) | to understand, to realize | El profesor no se enteró de lo que estaba pasando en clase. (The professor did not realize what was going on in the class.) |
fijar(se) | to pay attention to | No me fijé por dónde caminaba y me caí de las escaleras. (I did not pay attention to where I was going and I fell down the stairs.) |
ir(se) | to leave | La prima de Juan se ha ido de España. (Juan's cousin has left Spain.) |
lavar(se) | to wash (oneself) | ¡Lávate las manos! (Wash your hands!) |
levantar(se) | to get up | Esta mañana mi hijo se ha levantado muy temprano. (This morning my son has got up very early.) |
maquillar(se) | to put makeup on | A Lucía le encanta maquillarse. (Lucia loves to put makeup on.) |
olvidar(se) de | to forget | ¡No te olvides de mí! (Don't forget me!) |
peinar(se) | to brush (one's hair) | Quiero peinarme antes de salir. (I want to brush my hair before going out.) |
poner(se) | to put on, to wear | No sé qué ponerme. (I do not know what to wear.) |
preocupar(se) de | to worry | No tienes que preocuparte, encontrarás una solución. (You do not need to worry, you will find a solution.) |
probar(se) | to try on | Me probé una chaqueta muy elegante en la tienda a lado de la Plaza del Ayuntamiento. (I tried on a very elegant jacket in the shop next to the Plaza of the City Hall.) |
quedar(se) | to stay | ¡Quédate conmigo! (Stay with me!) |
quejar(se) de | to complain about | Mi padre sigue quejandose de dolor de cabeza. (My father keeps on complaining about headache.) |
quitar(se) | to take off | ¡Quitate las botas que vas a ensuciar el suelo! (Take off your boots or the floor will get dirty!) |
secar(se) | to dry off | Tengo que secarme el pelo antes de salir. (I have to dry my hair before going out.) |
sentar(se) | to sit down | ¡Sentaos aquí! (Sit down here!) |
tapar(se) | to cover up (oneself) | ¡Tápate que coges frío! (Cover yourself or you will get cold!) |
volver(se) | to become | Cuando descubrió que su novia salía con otro chico, se volvió loco. (When he found out that his girlfriend was dating another boy, he got crazy.) |