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Spanish Reflexive Verbs.

Reflexive verbs are those verbs that indicate that the subject of the sentence carries out the action of the verb and at the same time it receives the same action.

Typical examples of the Spanish reflexive verbs are the ones referring to our daily routines.

Example

Despertarse (to wake up)

To identify these verbs we will look at the verb in the infinitive form and the clue is that they always end in "-se" which is the Personal Reflexive Pronoun.

When we want to conjugate the Spanish reflexive verbs we will do it in exactly the same way as the rest of Spanish verbs. The only difference is the ending "-se" or the Personal Reflexive Pronoun which will now change to reflect the person/s and precede the verb. example:

Levantarse
Personal Reflexive Pronoun	Conjugated Reflexive Verb

me	me levanto
te	te levantas
se	se levanta
nos	nos levantamos
os	os levantáis
se	se levantan

Below is a small list for you to practice conjugating. Of course in our free Spanish conjugator the list has many more reflexive verbs to practice with.

Spanish Verb	English Counterpart
alarmarse	to get alarmed
alegrarse	to be glad
apartarse	to part
aprovecharse	to use
apuntarse	to sign on
ducharse	to have a shower
identificarse	to identify with
lavarse	to wash
levantarse	to get up
llamarse	to call