Sentence of the Day - mudarse?

Question

Mudarse de casa puede ser bastante estresante.
Moving house can be quite stressful.

The above sentence from my flashcard site is somewhat hard to understand. I was actually using it for "bastante" since it means something other than "enough" and I can't seem to remember this word.

Does the sentence mean you are moving a house, or does it mean you or someone else is moving out of your home, or does it mean you or someone else is moving back to your house?

Gracias

Moving house can be difficult , hard to bear fo my ... because for my is important my friends and my special place... - federika, Mar 3, 2012

Answer 1

Yes. Mudarse as a reflexive verb means to move (from your home to another house) you don't have to say de casa, mudarse means the same anyway. Literrally it means 'to move yourself'.

Gracias sandrisha...welcome to the forum! Please update your profile telling us where you are from & your level of spanish. - foxluv, Mar 4, 2012

Answer 2

Fox, this sentence is a general statement on how it is to move. It means- "Moving from a house can be quite stressful."

Answer 3

Gracias Martha, normally in a general statement we do not even mention the house we say "Moving is quite stressful". Therefore, can you leave off "de casa" and maintain the same meaning?

Yes, you can leave it off and still have the same effect. - martha-sd, Mar 3, 2012