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PRONOMBRE PERSONAL
1. (reflexivo) himself, (f) herself (de personas)
(singular); themselves (plural); yourself (usted mismo);yourselves (ustedes
mismos); itself (de cosas, animales) (singular); themselves (plural)
se est lavando, est lavndose she is washing (herself)
se lav los dientes she cleaned her teeth
espero que se diviertan I hope you enjoy yourselves
el perro se lame the dog is licking itself
se lame la herida it's licking its wound
se levantaron y se fueron they got up and left
2. (reflexivo impersonal) oneself
hay que afeitarse todos los das one has to shave every day, you have to shave every day
3. (recproco) each other, one another
se aman they love each other
se escriben cartas they write to each other
4. (impersonal)
en esta sociedad ya no se respeta a los ancianos in our society old people are no longer
respected
se ha suspendido la reunin the meeting has been canceled
se dice que it is said that, people say that
se prohbe fumar no smoking (en cartel)
se habla espaol Spanish spoken (en cartel)
5. (como complemento indirecto) (to) him, (f) (to) her (de personas) (singular); (to)
them (plural); (to) it (de cosas, animales) (singular); (to) them (plural); (to) you (usted,
ustedes)
se lo dio he gave it to him/her/etc
se lo dije, pero no me hizo caso I told her, but she didn't listen
si usted quiere, yo se lo arreglo en un minuto if you like, I'll sort it out for you in a minute
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PRONOMBRE PERSONAL
1 (complemento indirecto) (a l) him; (a ella) her; (a ellos) them; (a usted, ustedes) you
voy a drselo I'll give it to him o her o them o you;ya se lo dije I (already) told
him o her o them o you
he hablado con mis padres y se lo he explicado I've talked to my parents and explained it to
them
aqu tiene las flores, se las envuelvo, seor? here are your flowers, shall I wrap them for you,
sir?;no lo tenemos, pero se lo puedo encargar we haven't got it, but I can order it for you
(con doble complemento indirecto)
dselo a Enrique give it to Enrique;se lo has preguntado a tus padres? have you asked your
parents about it?
(con partes del cuerpo, ropa)
se rompi la pierna he broke his leg;Pablo se lav los dientes Pablo cleaned his teeth;Carmen
no poda abrocharse el vestido Carmen couldn't do up her dress;han prometido no cortarse la
barba they have sworn not to cut their beards;tiene que cortarse el pelo he must have a haircut
(uso enftico)
se comi un pastel he ate a cake;no se esperaba eso he didn't expect that
2 (uso reflexivo) (masculino) himself; (femenino) herself; (plural) themselves; (de
usted) yourself; (de ustedes)yourselves; (sujeto no humano) itself
Marcos se ha cortado con un cristal Marcos cut himself on a piece of broken glass;Margarita
se estaba preparando para salir Margarita was getting (herself) ready to go out;se ha hecho
usted dao? have you hurt yourself?;se tiraron al suelo they threw themselves to the ground;la
calefaccin se apaga sola the heating turns itself off automatically
se est afeitando he's shaving;sintese! sit down;srvase esperar un momento please wait a
moment;vestirse to get dressed
(indefinido) oneself
mirarse en el espejo to look at oneself in the mirror
3 (como parte de un verbo pronominal)
se durmi he fell asleep;se enfad he got annoyed;se march he left;mi hermana nunca se
queja my sister never complains;se retira he withdraws
4 (uso recproco) each other; one another
se escriben a menudo they write to each other often;se quieren they love each other
hace un ao que no se ven it's a year since they last saw each other;procuran no
encontrarse they try not to meet each other;se miraron todos they all looked at one another
no se hablan they are not on speaking terms
5 (uso impersonal) (con sujeto indeterminado)
se registraron nueve muertos there were nine deaths; nine deaths were recorded
se dice que es muy rico he's said to be very rich;no se sabe por qu it is not known o people
don't know why;se compr hace tres aos it was bought three years ago;en esa zona se habla
gals Welsh is spoken in that area; people speak Welsh in that area;se cree que el tabaco
produce cncer it is believed that smoking causes cancer
(referido al hablante)
no se oye bien you can't hear very well;es lo que pasa cuando se come tan deprisa that's what
happens when you eat so fast
cmo se dice eso en ingls? how do you say that in English?;se est bien aqu it's nice
here;se hace lo que se puede we do what we can
se admiten sugerencias we welcome suggestions
"vndese coche" "car for sale";se avisa a los interesados que ... those concerned are informed
that ...
(en recetas, instrucciones)
se pelan las patatas peel the potatoes
"srvase muy fro" "serve chilled"
no se admiten visitas no visitors
se prohbe fumar no smoking
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