{"id":1878,"date":"2010-12-13T21:57:38","date_gmt":"2010-12-13T21:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=1878"},"modified":"2010-12-13T21:57:38","modified_gmt":"2010-12-13T21:57:38","slug":"reflexive-verbs-different-meanings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/reflexive-verbs-different-meanings\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflexive Verbs: different meanings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hola<\/strong>, how’s it going?<\/p>\n

There are some verbs in Spanish that change their meanings when used in the reflexive form. Check them out!<\/p>\n

acordar <\/strong>– to agree. Acordaron de encontrarse a las dos en la casa de Mar\u00eda.<\/em> (They agreedo to meet at two at Mar\u00eda’s house.)
\nacordarse <\/strong>– to rember. Seguro que te acuerdas de cuando fuimos a Italia.<\/em> (I’m sure you remember when we went to Italy).<\/p>\n

dormir <\/strong>– to sleep. El nene est\u00e1 durmiendo.<\/em> (The baby is sleeping.)
\ndormirse <\/strong>– to fall asleep. Se durmi\u00f3 mientras ve\u00eda la pel\u00edcula.<\/em> (He fell asleep while he was watching the movie.)<\/p>\n

matar <\/strong>– to kill. Los traficantes mataron a diez personas en el tiroteo.<\/em> (The drug dealers killed ten people during the shooting.)
\nmatarse <\/strong>– to kill oneself, commit suicide. Cuando se percat\u00f3 que Jorge ya estaba con otra, se mat\u00f3. <\/em>(When she realized that Jorge was with another woman, she killed herself.)<\/p>\n

abrazar <\/strong>– to hug someone; to support\/embrace a cause. Abrac\u00e9 a mi hijo con mucho amor. <\/em>(I hugged my son with a lot of love.) Abraz\u00f3 la causa ecol\u00f3gica. (She embraced the ecological cause)
\nabrazarse <\/strong>– to hug each other. Echaron a llorar y se abrazaron.<\/em> (They burst into tears and hugged each other.)<\/p>\n

peinar <\/strong>– to comb (someone). Pein\u00f3 a su hijita.<\/em> (She combed her little daughter.)
\npeinarse <\/strong>– to comb oneself. Se pein\u00f3 mientras escuchaba la m\u00fasica. <\/em>(She combed herself while she was listening to music.)<\/p>\n

pintar <\/strong>– to paint. Quiero saber qui\u00e9n pint\u00f3 tu casa.<\/em> (I want to know who painted your house.)
\npintarse <\/strong>– to put on makeup. Las muchachas se estaban pintando para la fiesta.<\/em> (The girls were putting on makeup for the party.)<\/p>\n

acostumbrar <\/strong>– to be in the habit of, to usually do something. Acostumbra a dormir la siesta. <\/em>(He usually takes a nap.)
\nacostumbrarse <\/strong>– to get used to. Me acostumbr\u00e9 a despertarme temprano. <\/em>(I got used to getting up early.)<\/p>\n

valer <\/strong>– to be worth. No s\u00e9 cu\u00e1nto vale eso.<\/em> (I don’t know what this is worth.)
\nvalerse <\/strong>– to resort to, to use. Se vali\u00f3 de sus amistades para conseguir un empleo.<\/em> (She used her friendships to get a job.)<\/p>\n

cambiar <\/strong>– to change. El mundo ha cambiado.<\/em> (The world has changed.)
\ncambiarse <\/strong>– to change clothes. Espera que me cambie entonces salimos.<\/em> (Wait for me to change so we can go out.)<\/p>\n

parecer <\/strong>– to seem, to look like. Parece que va a llover.<\/em> (It looks like rain.)
\nparecerse <\/strong>– to look like (physically). Se parece a su padre.<\/em> (He looks like his father.)<\/p>\n

Esto es todo por hoy, nos vemos prontito.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 Mar\u00eda. (They agreedo to meet at two at Mar\u00eda’s house.) acordarse – to rember. Seguro que te acuerdas…<\/p>\n

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