Spanish · Chapter 15 · Lesson 7 · Grammar primer
Reciprocal verbs
Prescribed by the AQA specification.
The short version
There is no Spanish word for each other
The reciprocal meaning lives in the plural reflexive pronoun plus a plural subject, not in an extra phrase: nos ayudamos, se quieren, os conocéis. When 'themselves' and 'each other' would genuinely mean different things, pin it down with el uno al otro or mutuamente, and use a sí mismos to force the reflexive reading instead.
Se ayudan el uno al otro.
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