Verbs with meaning altering reflexive pronoun Flashcards

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to agree to

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acordar
acuerdo/acordamos
acuerde/acordemos

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to put someone to bed

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acostar
acuesto/acostamos
acueste/acostemos

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to be in the habit of

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acostumbrar

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to cheer someone

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alegrar

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Your coming back makes them glad

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Les alegra que hayas vuelto.

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to take possession of (abusively)

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apropiarse (de) [only reflexive]

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she took the game and didn’t let any child have it

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Se apropió del juguete y no se lo dejó a ningún niño.

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to repent, to regret doing something

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arrepentirse (de) [only reflexively]
me arrepiento/nos arrepentimos 
me arrepentí/se arrepintió/nos arrepentimos/se arrepintieron
me arrepienta/nos arrepintamos 
me arrepintiera
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Better to do what you want than to regret what you haven’t done

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Es mejor hacer lo que se desea que arrepentirse por no haberlo hecho

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to lock, to insure

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asegurar

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John checked the door was locked properly before leaving.

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Juan se aseguró de que la puerta estaba bien cerrada antes de salir.

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to frighten

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asustar

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to dare

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atreverse (a) [only used reflexively

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14
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to silence someone

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callar

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15
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to tire someone

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cansar

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16
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to marry someone else

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casar

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to entail or bring about

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comportar

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The rise in prices brought about a deterioration in the standard of living of the people

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La subida de los precios comporta un empeoramiento en el nivel de vida de la gente.

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19
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to communicate something

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comunicar

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20
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to confuse

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confundir

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21
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Our pincer movement confused the enemy

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La maniobra envolvente confundió al enemigo.

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to change into

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convertir
convierto/convertimos
convertí/convertiste/convirtió/convertimos/convirtieron
convierta/convirtamos 
convirtiera
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Her father’s insane jealousy made her mother’s life a living hell.

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Los celos enfermizos de su padre convirtieron la vida de su madre en un infierno.

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to decide

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decidir

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Juan has decided to study medicine
Juan ha decidido estudiar medicina.
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to wake someone up
despertar despierto/despertamos/despiertan despierte/despertemos/despierten despertara
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to stop someone, to detain
detener
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to amuse someone
divertir divierto/divierte/divertimos/divierten divertí/divirtió/divirtieron divirtiera
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dormir
to sleep
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to pawn, to pledge
empeñar
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We pawned the family jewels to pay our debts
Empeñamos las joyas de la familia para pagar las deudas.
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You gave your word
Empeñaste tu palabra
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to make someone fall in love
enamorar
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He was wooing the girl to try to make her fall in love with him
Galanteaba con la chica para intentar enamorarla.
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to anger
enojar
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to sadden
entristecer entristezco/entristeces/e/emos/en entristezca/as/a/amos/an
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The grandfather's death saddened the whole family
La muerte del abuelo entristeció a toda la familia.
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to mistake, mix up
equivocar equivoqué/equivocaste/có/camos/caron equivoque/es/e/emos/en
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he chose the wrong profession
equivocó el oficio
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to make an effort to, to strive to
esforzarse (por) [mostly reflexive] esfuerzo/as/a/esforzamos/esfuerzan esforcé/esforzaste/zó/zamos/zaron esfuerce/es/e/emos/en
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One must make an effort to triumph
Para conseguir triunfar hay que esforzarse.
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It is not good to strain your voice when you have laringitis
No es bueno esforzar la voz cuando se tiene laringitis.
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to strain, push, dar animo
esforzar (a algn) esfuerzo/as/a/esforzamos/esfuerzan esforcé/esforzaste/zó/zamos/zaron esfuerce/es/e/emos/en
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to miss someone
extrañar
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When I go on a trip I miss my dogs a lot
Cuando ando de viaje extraño mucho a mis perros.
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to graduate something, to adjust/calibrate
graduar gradúo/úas/úa/uamos/úan gradúe/es/e/emos/en
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to conceive of, invent ideas
imaginar
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to make independent
independizar | independicé/independizaste/zó/zamos/zaron
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to interest someone
interesar
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to lift
levantar
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to march
marchar
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to improve
mejorar
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to annoy, bother
molestar
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to deny
negar
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to happen
ocurrir
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to forget
olvidar
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I have forgotten his phone number
He olvidado su número de teléfono.
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to seem (to look)
parecer parezco/pareces parezca/as/a/amos/an
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Juan seems intelligent until he opens his mouth
Juan parece inteligente hasta que abre la boca.
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It seems to me that you are going too fast
Me parece que vas demasiado rápido.
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to lose
perder pierdo/es/es/perdimos/pierden pierda/as/a/amos/an
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to put
``` poner (puesto) pongo/pones/e/emos/en puse/isto/puso/pusimos/pusieron pondré etc., pondría ponga/as/a pusiera ```
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to prepare something
preparar
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to worry someone
preoccupar
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He only thinks about money
Sólo le preocupa el dinero.
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The high rate of unemployment is worrying
Preocupa la alta tasa de paro.
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to remain, to be left
quedar
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We have some money left
nos queda algo de dinero
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to complain about
quejarse (de) [always reflexively]
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The sick person complains about his headache
El enfermo se queja de dolor de cabeza.
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to rebel
rebelarse
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to tell of, recount
``` referir refiero/es/e/referimos/refieren referí/iste/refirió/referimos/refirieron refiera/as/a/refiramos/refieran refiriera ```
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He related his experience with many details
Refirió su experiencia con todo lujo de detalles.
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to bear, to stand something
resistir
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the paint job laster for years
La pintura resistió varios años
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the castle bore invasions and even a fire
El castillo resistió varias invasiones y hasta un incendio.
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to break, to tear
romper [roto]
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to sit someone, to settle, to set
sentar siento/as/a/sentamos/sientan senté/aste/ó/amos/aron siente/es/e/emos/en
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to feel, sense, hear, taste
``` sentir siento/es/e/sentimos/sienten sentí/isto/sintió/sentimos/sintieron sienta/as/a/sintamos/sientan sintiera ```
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if you feel cold turn on the heater
Si sientes frío enciende la calefacción.
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to surprise someone
sorprender
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to commit suicide
suicidarse [only reflexive]
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to put together
unir
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to dress someone
``` vestir visto/es/e/vestimos/visten vestí/isto/vistió/vestimos/vistieron vista/as/a/amos/an vistiera ```
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to return (from)
volver (de) [vuelto] vuelvo/es/e/volvemos/vuelven vuelva
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to remember
acordarse de acuerdo/acordamos acuerde/acordemos
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to go to bed
acostarse acuesto/acostamos acueste/acostemos
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to get used to something
acostumbarse a
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to be glad/happy that
alegrarse de
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to make sure of, to check
asegurarse de
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John checked the door was locked properly before leaving.
Juan se aseguró de que la puerta estaba bien cerrada antes de salir.
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to get frightened
asustarse
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to stop speaking
callarse
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to get tired (of)
cansarse (de)
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to get married (to)
casarse (con)
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to behave
comportarse
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to communicate with
comunicarse (con)
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the news spread like wildfire
La noticia se comunicó como la pólvora.
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to get confused or lost
confundirse (por)
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the data confuses me
se me confunden los datos
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He got the wrong terminal and missed his plane.
Se confundió de terminal y perdió el avión.
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to become (a lasting, objective transformation)
convertirse en convertí/convertiste/convirtió/convertimos/convirtieron convierta/convirtamos convirtiera
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to make up one's mind to
decidirse a
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to wake up
despertarse despierto/despertamos/despiertan despierte/despertemos/despierten despertara
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to stop
detenerse (a)
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to have fun/enjoy oneself
divertirse divierto/divierte/divertimos/divierten divertí/divirtió/divirtieron divirtiera
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to go to sleep
dormirse
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to insist on/persist in
empeñarse (en)
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He insisted on demonstrating his theories
Se empeñó en demostrar sus teorías.
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to fall in love with
enamorarse de
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to get angry
enojarse por
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to grow sad
entristecerse entristezco/entristeces/e/emos/en entristezca/as/a/amos/an
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to make a misake
equivocarse equivoqué/equivocaste/có/camos/caron equivoque/es/e/emos/en
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you are mistaken you've got the wrong person i took the wrong street
te equivocas te equivocas de persona me equivoqué de calle
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to be puzzled
extrañarse
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to graduate (from school)
graduarse (de/en) gradúo/úas/úa/uamos/úan gradúe/es/e/emos/en
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to become (suggests effort for status or gradual transformation, mostly nouns)
hacerse
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to imagine/to suppose
imaginarse
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to become independent
independizarse | independicé/independizaste/zó/zamos/zaron
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to be(come) interested
interesare (en, por)
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I can't imagine it
no soy capaz de imaginármelo
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She is very interested in your health
Se interesa mucho por su estado de salud.
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to go away
irse
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to get up
levantarse
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to be called
llamarse
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to call
llamar
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to take away, steal
llevarse
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the thief stole the jewels and the money
El ladrón se llevó joyas y dinero.
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to get along
llevarse
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There is a good work environment because all the employees get along
Hay un buen ambiente de trabajo porque todos los empleados se llevan bien.
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to go away
marcharse (de)
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to get better from an illness
mejorarse
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to become annoyed
molestarse (por)
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to bother to do something (in the sense of not being inclined to do it)
molestarse en hacer algo
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to die naturally (of)
morirse (de)
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to refuse
negarse (a)
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to occur to one (an idea)
ocurrirsele a uno
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a good ideal has occurred to me
Se me ha ocurrido una genial idea.
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to forget accidentally
olvidarse (de)
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they forgot the appointment
se les olvidó la cita
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to look like (similar to)
parecerse a (alguien) parezco/pareces parezca/as/a/amos/an
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to get lost, to miss an event
perderse pierdo/es/es/perdimos/pierden pierda/as/a/amos/an
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they lost the keys
se le perdieron las llaves
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to set out to
``` ponerse a (hacer) pongo/pones/e/emos/en puse/isto/puso/pusimos/pusieron pondré etc., pondría ponga/as/a pusiera ```
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to get happy
ponerse alegre
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to get prepared for
prepararse (para)
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to be worried about
preocuparse (por)
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a father worried about the wellbeing of his family
Un padre se preocupa por el bienestar de su familia.
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to stay
quedarse a/en
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to remain standing
quedarse de pie
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to refer to
``` referirse a refiero/es/e/referimos/refieren referí/iste/refirió/referimos/refirieron refiera/as/a/refiramos/refieran refiriera ```
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to resist (against)
resistirse (a)
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to get broken
romperse
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we broke the phone
se nos rompió el teléfono
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to set down
sentarse (a) siento/as/a/sentamos/sientan senté/aste/ó/amos/aron siente/es/e/emos/en
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to feel (with adjectives only)
``` sentirse siento/es/e/sentimos/sienten sentí/isto/sintió/sentimos/sintieron sienta/as/a/sintamos/sientan sintiera ```
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to feel jealous/guilty/desire to
sentir celos/culpa/deseos a
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to be surprised
sorprenderse (de)
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to unite, get together
unirse
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to get dressed
``` vestirse visto/es/e/vestimos/visten vestí/isto/vistió/vestimos/vistieron vista/as/a/amos/an vistiera ```
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to turn into (a more lasting change in emotional or physical state, adjectives or nouns)
volverse vuelvo/es/e/volvemos/vuelven vuelva
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to become (temporary change in emotional or physical state, adjectives only)
``` ponerse pongo/pones/e/emos/en puse/isto/puso/pusimos/pusieron pondré etc., pondría ponga/as/a pusiera ```
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to become: a lasting, objective transformation (nouns only) (2)
convertirse en | transformarse en
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He became a lawyer. His life got intense.
Se hizo abogado. Su vida se hizo intensa.
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They got pale and angry. I got sad.
Se pusieron pálidos y furiosos. Me puse triste.
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The topic became difficult.
El tema se puso / se volvió difícil.
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Life turned into a nightmare.
La vida se volvió una pesadilla.
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Their house became a hotel.
Su casa se convirtió en un hotel.
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Problems become opportunities.
Los problemas se convierten en oportunidades.
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“Hispania” became “Spain”.
“Hispania” se transformó en “España”
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to get sick
enfermarse
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to get prepared, get ready
prepararse (para)
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to go mad
volverse loco
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The want to communicate with you
se quieren comunicar contingo
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We were making an effort to understand
Nos esforzábamos por entender
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The remind themselves
se recuerdan a sí mismos
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The remember one another
Se recuerdan uno al otro
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The remember/remind eachother
Se recuerdan entre sí/mutuamente
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I put the children to bed at ten and I went to bed later.
Acosté a los niños a las diez y yo me acosté más tarde.
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He amused his classmates a lot; they all enjoyed themselves.
Divirtió mucho a sus compañeros; todos se divirtieron
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She bathed (herself.) and she bathed the dog, too.
Se bañó y también bañó al perro.