Hola, how’s it going?

There are some verbs in Spanish that change their meanings when used in the reflexive form. Check them out!

acordar – to agree. Acordaron de encontrarse a las dos en la casa de María. (They agreedo to meet at two at María’s house.)
acordarse – to rember. Seguro que te acuerdas de cuando fuimos a Italia. (I’m sure you remember when we went to Italy).

dormir – to sleep. El nene está durmiendo. (The baby is sleeping.)
dormirse – to fall asleep. Se durmió mientras veía la película. (He fell asleep while he was watching the movie.)

matar – to kill. Los traficantes mataron a diez personas en el tiroteo. (The drug dealers killed ten people during the shooting.)
matarse – to kill oneself, commit suicide. Cuando se percató que Jorge ya estaba con otra, se mató. (When she realized that Jorge was with another woman, she killed herself.)

abrazar – to hug someone; to support/embrace a cause. Abracé a mi hijo con mucho amor. (I hugged my son with a lot of love.) Abrazó la causa ecológica. (She embraced the ecological cause)
abrazarse – to hug each other. Echaron a llorar y se abrazaron. (They burst into tears and hugged each other.)

peinar – to comb (someone). Peinó a su hijita. (She combed her little daughter.)
peinarse – to comb oneself. Se peinó mientras escuchaba la música. (She combed herself while she was listening to music.)

pintar – to paint. Quiero saber quién pintó tu casa. (I want to know who painted your house.)
pintarse – to put on makeup. Las muchachas se estaban pintando para la fiesta. (The girls were putting on makeup for the party.)

acostumbrar – to be in the habit of, to usually do something. Acostumbra a dormir la siesta. (He usually takes a nap.)
acostumbrarse – to get used to. Me acostumbré a despertarme temprano. (I got used to getting up early.)

valer – to be worth. No sé cuánto vale eso. (I don’t know what this is worth.)
valerse – to resort to, to use. Se valió de sus amistades para conseguir un empleo. (She used her friendships to get a job.)

cambiar – to change. El mundo ha cambiado. (The world has changed.)
cambiarse – to change clothes. Espera que me cambie entonces salimos. (Wait for me to change so we can go out.)

parecer – to seem, to look like. Parece que va a llover. (It looks like rain.)
parecerse – to look like (physically). Se parece a su padre. (He looks like his father.)

Esto es todo por hoy, nos vemos prontito.