/se/
Translation
himself, herself, themselves; oneself
Word origin
From Latin se, the accusative and ablative form of the reflexive pronoun referring to the subject ('himself, herself, themselves').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- se
- English cognates
- suicide, secede
Examples
.
He washes his hands before eating.
.
Spanish is spoken here.
Sevilla.
My parents met in Seville.
.
The glass broke when it fell to the floor.
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They went to live in the country last year.
Where this fits
Used in
Stories
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¿El coche o el carro?
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El correo a la jefa
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El nuevo doctor de Paula
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El perro del barrio
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El primer día de trabajo
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El vecino nuevo
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En el médico
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Espero que vengáis
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La aventura de Sofía
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La fábrica de madera
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La fiesta sorpresa
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La llamada
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La nota de Rafa
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Lo que de verdad importa
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Lo que dijo el médico
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Más vale tarde que nunca
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Media docena de huevos
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Menudo desastre
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No creo que sea grave
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No estoy embarazada
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No fue él, sino ella
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Pasen y siéntense
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Por lo tanto, decidimos
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Por todas partes
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Preparando la visita
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Se me cayó todo
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Se vende la camioneta
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Tú y tu hermano
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Una mañana en el mercado
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Una organización imposible
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Una tarde de lluvia
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Spanish Compound Tenses: the Future Perfect and Past Anterior (habré hablado, hube hablado)
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Spanish False Friends (Part 1): embarazada, actual, realizar, sensible
Spanish False Friends (Part 2): molestar, recordar, soportar, pretender
Spanish Formal Commands: usted and ustedes
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The Spanish Gerund (-ndo): Adverbial Uses and the Mistakes to Avoid (salió corriendo)
Spanish Greetings and Survival Phrases: Say Something Today
Spanish Fixed Similes: dormir como un tronco, más bueno que el pan, terco como una mula
Spanish Imperative: Affirmative Tú Commands and the Eight Irregulars
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Spanish Impersonal Verbs: hay, hace, se habla and the No-Subject Constructions
The Spanish Infinitive as a Noun and After Prepositions (antes de salir, al llegar)
Spanish Intermediate Grammar (B1-B2): The Things That Stop You at the Plateau
The Spanish Neuter lo (lo bueno, lo que, lo de)
Advanced Spanish Negation: ni, sino vs pero, tampoco, ni siquiera
Spanish Negation: no, nunca, nadie and Why Double Negatives Are Correct
Spanish Negative Commands: Why no hables Borrows the Subjunctive
Spanish Nosotros Commands: the 'Let's...' Form
Spanish Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns: lo, la, le, se
Spanish Past Participles as Adjectives and Absolute Clauses (una puerta cerrada, terminada la reunión)
The Passive se and the Impersonal se in Spanish (se venden casas, se habla español)
The Passive with ser in Spanish (fue escrito por, fueron construidas)
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The Spanish Pluperfect Subjunctive and Conditional Perfect (hubiera hablado, habría hablado)
The Spanish Pluperfect (había hablado)
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Spanish Prepositional Pronouns (para mí, conmigo, entre tú y yo)
Spanish Compound Prepositions and Tricky Choices: delante de, a pesar de, soñar con
Spanish Present Perfect: he hablado, ha vivido, hemos visto
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Spanish Pronoun Order: Indirect Before Direct, and the le-to-se Rule
Spanish Question Words: qué, quién, cuándo, dónde, cómo, cuál, cuánto, por qué
Spanish Reciprocal Verbs (se quieren, nos ayudamos - each other)
Spanish Reflexive Verbs: levantarse, llamarse, lavarse and the Pronoun Position
Spanish Register: tu vs usted, vosotros vs ustedes (and how formal to be)
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The Spanish Accidental se (se me cayó, se me olvidó)
Spanish Set Phrases with tener, dar, hacer, echar (tener ganas, echar de menos, hacer falta)
Si Clauses in Spanish: Real and Unreal Conditions (si llueve, si tuviera, si hubiera)
Spanish Subjunctive After Emotion
Spanish Verbal Periphrases: acabar de, llevar, volver a, seguir + verb
Verbs of Becoming in Spanish: ponerse, hacerse, volverse, convertirse en, llegar a ser
Verbs with Prepositions in Spanish (Régimen Preposicional): the Fixed Verb + Preposition Pairs
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