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I need to warm my hands.

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What is the proper way to say, "I need to warm my hands?" I know that in Spanish, personal articles and body parts do not use the possessive pronouns, but how do you know that "Necesito calentar las manos" means my hands and not your hands? Would you use acalentar as a reflexive verb, like "Necesito calentarse las manos"?

I'm confused!

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updated Mar 18, 2012
posted by kdrinning
kdrinnng, we need native advice!i - annierats, Mar 17, 2012
See Gloriange's response annierats. Her profile says fluent in Spanish and intermediate in English, so I believe that she is a native speaker. - kdrinning, Mar 17, 2012
Sí, mi lengua materna es el español = ). - Gloriange, Mar 18, 2012

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Yo diría: Tengo que/ necesito calentarme las manos. = )

updated Mar 18, 2012
edited by Gloriange
posted by Gloriange
Eso correcto. Yo diría: "Debo calentarme las manos" o "Tengo que calentarme las manos". La terminación "me" indica que me refiero a mis manos. - -cae-, Mar 17, 2012
I'm glad this i one is sorted. - annierats, Mar 18, 2012
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I'd say: Tengo que calentar "mis" manos

updated Mar 18, 2012
posted by MarcosHazel
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I'd say:

¡Tengo que calentar las manos!

updated Mar 17, 2012
posted by --Mariana--
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La pura verdad es que soy la persona que siento el frío lo más en todo el mundo.

Por éso sé que tengas que decir algo como

Tengo las manos heladas, hay que calentarlas urgentemente.

Si éste no funciona: ¡ Enseña las manos azules a los amigos!

updated Mar 17, 2012
posted by annierats
So, you are saying that in spanish you would not say this literally? - kdrinning, Mar 17, 2012
I'm guessing. They live in a warmewr climate. Also, I should have used the imperative. Basically, I'm a very frozen person and rather useless.. - annierats, Mar 17, 2012