How do you say "to express yourself"?

Question

I'm not sure if there's a certain phrase for this in spanish, but I need the closest thing to this phrase as possible. The closest i got in the translator was "para expresarse" but that doesn't really make sense in my context... Any ideas guys?

Edit: As in "How you choose to express yourself."

¡Por Favor y Gracias!

Answer 1

I would say: Exprésate, or maybe Exprésate a tu manera

Answer 2

Sabor, it is recognized.

expresar. (De expreso, claro). 1. tr. Manifestar con palabras, miradas o gestos lo que se quiere dar a entender. 2. tr. Dicho de un artista: Manifestar con viveza y exactitud los afectos propios del caso. 3. prnl. Darse a entender por medio de la palabra. Antonio se expresa bien.

Is my issue even valid anymore..? Or is everyone just going to argue on my question..? - Chicadezapatos, May 29, 2011

That's the way it is sometimes :) - Sabor, May 29, 2011

Exprésate is correct. And DRAE by the way is Diccionario de la Real Academia Española. - Deanski, May 29, 2011

Answer 3

Deanski,
I got this result

Aviso La palabra expresarse no está en el Diccionario.

That's because you searched under expresarse. But check my answer again. "prnl" means pronominal. That's expresar + se = expresarse. - Deanski, May 29, 2011

Looks like they list only the infinitive, & just put "prnl" if it has a pronominal form. - Deanski, May 29, 2011

Thank you Deanski! - Sabor, May 29, 2011

Answer 4

The Royal Spanish Academy (Spanish: Real Academia Española, RAE) is the official royal institution responsible for regulating the Spanish language. It is based in Madrid, Spain, but is affiliated with national language academies in twenty-one other hispanophone (Spanish-speaking) nations through the Association of Spanish Language Academies.

The RAE is a major publisher of dictionaries and grammars, and has a formal procedure for admitting words to its publications. Its website includes an online dictionary and other resources, all in Spanish. Its most famous publication is the Diccionario de la lengua española de la Real Academia Española (Dictionary of the Spanish Language of the Royal Spanish Academy), the "DRAE".

You can read more here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Academia_Española

Thank you! - Chicadezapatos, Jun 4, 2011

Answer 5

Expresarse is not recognized by the DRAE. Expresar is. Chica you should tell us what the context is.

What's the DRAE? And it's "How you choose to express yourself".. Como escogues que expresate..? - Chicadezapatos, May 29, 2011

Answer 6

expresar (opinion, emotion)

to express oneself -> expresarse

Do you need it in the imperative form? ¡Exprésate!

expresarse is the infinitive.

Or you could check the dictionary I guess if you don't wanna wing it. - jeezzle, May 29, 2011

It IS from the dictionary... - Gocika, May 29, 2011

Indeed, you obviously aren't understanding me. - jeezzle, May 29, 2011

? - Gocika, May 29, 2011

He could just check the dictionary himself, or you could check it for him, like you did. - jeezzle, May 29, 2011

Or you could "wing it" do you not get me ? - jeezzle, May 29, 2011

I was writing "How you chose to express yourself" "Como escogues que expresate" ..? - Chicadezapatos, May 29, 2011

Btw guys, I'm a Chica, check the user lol :) - Chicadezapatos, May 29, 2011

Wow I'm gonna start giving dictionary answers too. Since they obviousy get accepted despite having already been answered correctly. - jeezzle, May 29, 2011

... I didn't mean to start anything. He just seemed to have put more work into his answer. Sorry. I'm new to this site. :| - Chicadezapatos, May 29, 2011

“A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day.” - Gocika, May 30, 2011

Btw, I also am a girl... - Gocika, May 30, 2011

My bad, Gocika. :) And thanks. - Chicadezapatos, Jun 4, 2011

Answer 7

Hola Chica.

The imperative form listed here probably is not what you are looking for. In the future you need to be sure to give more context because cutting off a sentence like that changes the meaning.

Express yourself! Is a command, also known as an imperative. In Spanish this changes the way you would speak it. However your question is not asking for how to command someone to express themselves, but rather asking how they express themselves.

Exprésate means you're telling someone to express.

I'm not fluent and my translations can't be trusted, but to say your sentence I would say:

Cómo decides expresarte. - How you decide to express yourself.

I would suggest you un-accept any answers given so far and clarify what you meant so that someone more fluent can give you a proper translation. Jeezle probably could give you the proper translation if she knew what you were asking for.

True. - Gocika, May 30, 2011

Thank you :) - Chicadezapatos, Jun 4, 2011

Answer 8

I asked my spanish teacher, She said "Como escoges expresate", thanks to all you guys for ALL your help! It means so much! Have a good one!