"Reflexive verbs made easy" ; Exercise in English and Spanish.

Question

A lot of reflexive verbs in Spanish are similar to verbs with GET in English...

Levantarse - to get up

Casarse- to get married

Enfermarse - to get sick

Mejorarse - o get better

Divorciarse- o get divorced

Aburrirse- to get bored

Acostumbrarse- to get used to

Asustarse- to get scared

Cambiarse- to get changed

Cansarse- to get tired

Complicarse - to get complicated to get hurt

Danarse - to get hurt

Emborracharse- to get drunk

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You’ll be using these verbs to talk about yourself in the past.

I got up-,Me levanté

I got married-Me casé

I got sick-ME enfermé

I got better-Me mejoré

I got divorced-Me divorcié

You’ll also use these verbs to talk to someone else informally in the past.

You got up-Te levantaste

You got married -Te casaste

You got sick -Te enfermaste

You got better -Te mejoraste

You got divorced-Te divorciaste

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Here is a list of reflexive verbs , try to couple them correctly .

Enfriarse

Enojarse

Ensuciarse

Irse

Liberarse

Marearse

Meterse

Mojarse

Organizarse

Perderse

Resfriarse

Vestirse

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to get cold

to get angry

to get dirty

to get dizzy

to get involved

to get wet

to get organized

to get lost

to get a cold

to get dressed

to get going

to get free.

If you could make small sentences to illustrate their usage it would help you

Wonderful! Muchas gracias! - joygogo, Mar 4, 2014

Very useful ;) - 00b5f6c6, Mar 4, 2014

Very nice Sir Ray. - katydew, Mar 4, 2014

Good evening Ray...thank you for all the time you spend with these exercises. - 007c5fc1, Mar 5, 2014

You are welcome I am sure ! - ray76, Mar 5, 2014

Answer 1

resfriarse = to get a cold

I got a cold after the guy behind me in the plane sneezed.

Me resfrié después del tipo atrás a mi en el avión estornudó.

To give somebody else a cold - would it be just 'resfriar'? - katydew, Mar 4, 2014

:-) The picture is very illustrative. - 00b5f6c6, Mar 4, 2014

Katya , how does one know when to use " Enfriarse " instead of "Resfriarse " ? - ray76, Mar 5, 2014

Hola Ray: Could " enfriarse " mean " cooling oneself down " whilst "resfriarse " seem more like catching a cold to me ? - britisk, Mar 5, 2014

@britsk , that sounds reasonable to me , I think that you may be correct. I shall try it , or you can , go for it mate. - ray76, Mar 5, 2014

Yuch! :) - 201286, Mar 5, 2014

The correctly translation for "Get a cold" is "Enfriar/Enfriarse" but that means like "cooling or losing temperature" so the correctly form to say it in Spanish is "Resfriar" - PaulaBS, Apr 3, 2014

Espero que te sirva! @katydew, greetings from Chile - PaulaBS, Apr 3, 2014

Thanks for the added notes, Paula. Are you in Chile? - katydew, May 29, 2014

Answer 2

me levanté - I got up

Cuando me levanté, estaba fría. When I got up, it was cold.

What still cold ? - ray76, Mar 4, 2014

Rac what do you think of Joygos idea below? - ray76, Mar 5, 2014

You would need to get a corrector for the sentences, Ray...then open a thread for that. Sounds good to me, if you want to do that. :) - rac1, Mar 5, 2014

To say "It was cold" "Hacía frío" would be better. It sounds like you're saying you were cold natured. "I was cold" would be "Tenía frío." - Daniela2041, Nov 20, 2016

Answer 3

Casarse,-to get married .

Te casaste (con) él, como si yo no exista.

You married him as if I did not exist

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I used that sentence to test the subjunctive ,"exista" ,

If someone could tell me if it is correct, I would be grateful.

existiera, past subjunctive after ' como si'. - annierats, Mar 5, 2014

I don't see the picture ray. - 007c5fc1, Mar 7, 2014

It is still there , I don' understand it MM , it must be your end ,if you pardon the expression. - ray76, Mar 7, 2014

Answer 4

¡ No te preocupes!

Don't worry! ( Don't get worried)

As usual I failed to read the instructions so I had to add a' get construction afterwards. - annierats, Mar 5, 2014

I'm sure Ray will forgive you dear annie! - 007c5fc1, Mar 5, 2014

there are no failures here Annie , the only word we use is " Learning " . - ray76, Mar 5, 2014

Answer 5

perderse - to get lost

Cuando vivía en Belice, siempre me perdía aquí en este lugar.

That other world where we feel so a part of , I cannot wait , only 4 weeks now . Thank you MM. - ray76, Mar 5, 2014

De nada. Espero que te da sueños dulces. - 007c5fc1, Mar 5, 2014

Nice place to get lost in :) - 00b5f6c6, Mar 5, 2014

Answer 6

Enojarse- to get angry

• Ella se enojó con él porque no quería ir al teatro con ella.

• She got angry at him because he didn't want to go to the theatre with her.

" he didn't want to go " Great post lilli, thanks for having a go. - ray76, Mar 4, 2014

Gracias ;) - 00b5f6c6, Mar 4, 2014

Answer 7

marearse - to get dizzy

Me mareé un poco cuando las olas crecían a un gran tamaño.

I once had a nightmare where I could not tell where up was underwater , that has happened to me in the surf , it is a bit frightening. - ray76, Mar 5, 2014

It's very frightening...I got sucked under and rolled over and over on the bottom. When I came out of the water, I looked like I had been into the jam pot. - 007c5fc1, Mar 5, 2014

That is my normal look M M . - ray76, Mar 5, 2014

The picture has disappeared. - Daniela2041, Nov 20, 2016

Answer 8

Nos emborrachamos de vez en cuando en las barbacoas en la playa de Yarraville cerca de Melbourne.

We got drunk now and again at the barbecues on the Yarraville beach near Melbourne.

" We get drunk " Mate you are not from Melbourne ,Yarraville is industrial on the river not the sea, but good try do not be put off . - ray76, Mar 5, 2014

Change it to Brighton beach , much better and more up - market . - ray76, Mar 5, 2014

The present tense form (nosotros) and the preterite forms are identical in "ar" and "ir" verbs. So "We got drunk" is correct. - Daniela2041, Nov 20, 2016

Answer 9

La compañía no quiso ensuciarse con aquel asunto.

The firm didn’t wish to get mixed up in that business.

"You cannot bribe or twist the honest British journalist, and seeing what the man can, do " unbribed " there is no need to ." - ray76, Mar 5, 2014

Oh happy days , sadly they are no more I fear , that Yank Murdock put paid to that . - ray76, Mar 5, 2014

I heard Piers Morgan got the boot and will be lleaving mid March. I doubt he'll be able to go back to England will he? - 007c5fc1, Mar 5, 2014

Well, he is not popualr here and could find himself in prison for phone hacking when he was a newspaper editor. - ian-hill, Mar 5, 2014

Answer 10

Hola, ray76,

If you could make small sentences to illustrate their usage it would help you

Thanks for listing the reflexive verbs for us. Why not turn the list as a sentence-making activity by using each of them as the key word every day? So that we learners can see how the same verb is used in the different context. By the way, it would be much better if someone can correct the sentences we post, or we don't know whether they are correct or not.

Cheers,

Joy

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Asustarse - to get scared

Cada vez que veo una serpiente, me asusto.

Whenever I see a snake, I get scared.

What a great idea joygogo , so why don't you do just that , see if you can recruit a Spanish native or a fluent speaker to assist you to open that as a thread , go for it joygogo. - ray76, Mar 4, 2014

If I could find such a person, I wouldn't make a suggestion like this. I think "neox" is the right person to help us, but I don't know him at all. Actually, I am too shy to ask him! LOL! - joygogo, Mar 4, 2014

I will make some inquiries for you, have faith . - ray76, Mar 4, 2014

I like the idea. - katydew, Mar 4, 2014

In my eye, you and Neox will be the best partners to initiate this kind of thread. ^_^ - joygogo, Mar 4, 2014

Great idea, Joy!!! - rac1, Mar 5, 2014

Answer 11

1. enfriarse

a sample sentence -

Tómate la sopa antes de que se enfríe. Drink the soup before it gets cold.

Or before it congeals , good one mate. - ray76, Mar 4, 2014

Surely one can't use this verb to describe a person? Anybody know if it has a "dark side"? - katydew, Mar 4, 2014

Answer 12

Here's one you might not know. "enchilarse" It means you eat something that is so spicy hot that you need something to cool off.

Anoche la salsa que les puse a los tacos que comí, fue tan picante que me enchilé tanto que tuve que comerme la mitad de una tortilla para calmarme la lengua.

Last night the sauce that I put on the tacos that I ate was so hot that I (don't know how to say this in English) so much that I had to eat up a half of a tortilla to calm my tongue.

Here are two of my favorite people.

Is that why "enchiladas" are so hot ? Thank you Dani . - ray76, Nov 20, 2016

Answer 13

A veces, algunos se ruborizan de furia, de sol o de alcohol, y a veces algunos se sonrosan de vergüenza, pero otros simplemente se mantienen anaranjados.

At times some people turn red from fury, sun, or alcohol, and at times some turn pink from embarrassment, but others simply keep themselves orange.

Very clever my friend , Me gustarlo mucho. - ray76, Nov 20, 2016