🔄 Reflexive Verbs

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Learn Spanish reflexive verbs, daily routine vocabulary, personal action verbs, self-action expressions, reflexive pronouns, and useful Spanish reflexive phrases for beginners.

🟢 Common Reflexive Verbs

⏰ To wake up — Despertarse
dehs-pehr-tahr-seh

🛏️ To get up — Levantarse
leh-bahn-tahr-seh

🚿 To shower — Ducharse
doo-chahr-seh

👕 To get dressed — Vestirse
behs-teer-seh

💤 To go to bed — Acostarse
ah-kohs-tahr-seh

😌 To relax — Relajarse
rreh-lah-hahr-seh

🟡 Reflexive Pronouns

👤 Myself — Me
meh

🫵 Yourself — Te
teh

👨 Himself / Herself — Se
seh

👥 Ourselves — Nos
nohs

🫱 Yourselves — Os
ohs

👨‍👩‍👧 Themselves — Se
seh

🔵 Common Reflexive Actions

🪥 To brush your teeth — Cepillarse los dientes
seh-pee-yahr-seh lohs dee-ehn-tehs

🧼 To wash yourself — Lavarse
lah-bahr-seh

✂️ To cut your hair — Cortarse el pelo
kohr-tahr-seh ehl peh-loh

😠 To get angry — Enojarse
eh-noh-hahr-seh

😞 To worry — Preocuparse
preh-oh-koo-pahr-seh

😊 To feel happy — Sentirse feliz
sehn-teer-seh feh-lees

🔴 Important Reflexive Verb Notes

🔄 Reflexive verbs describe actions people do to themselves.

🧠 Reflexive verbs usually end in “-se” in Spanish.

💬 Reflexive verbs are extremely common in daily routines and personal conversations.

📚 Reflexive pronouns change depending on the subject of the sentence.

💬 Common Reflexive Phrases

⏰ Me despierto temprano.
I wake up early.

🚿 Ella se ducha por la mañana.
She showers in the morning.

😞 No te preocupes.
Do not worry.

😊 Nos sentimos felices.
We feel happy.

📝 Example Sentences

👕 Mi hermano se viste rápido.
My brother gets dressed quickly.

🪥 Me cepillo los dientes.
I brush my teeth.

💤 Nos acostamos tarde.
We go to bed late.

😌 Ella quiere relajarse.
She wants to relax.

🧠 Quick Practice

1️⃣ Translate into Spanish:

🚿 To shower → __________

2️⃣ Fill in the blank:

⏰ Me ________ temprano.

3️⃣ Match the reflexive verb:

🧼 Lavarse → ?
😠 Enojarse → ?
👕 Vestirse → ?

✅ Answers

1️⃣ Ducharse
2️⃣ despierto
3️⃣ To wash yourself / To get angry / To get dressed