A List of Common Reflexive Verbs
In the Previous Spanish Grammar Lessons, we have studied Reflexive Participles and Reflexive Pronouns. In this lesson, you will have a list of common reflexive verbs.
Very Useful Spanish Reflexive Verbs
to dry off (dry oneself) | Secarse |
to fall asleep | Dormirse |
to feel (emotion, illness) | Sentirse |
to forget | olvidarse |
to get in | Meterse |
to get up | Levantarse |
to go away, to leave | Irse |
to go to bed | Acostarse |
to hurry up | Apurarse |
to laugh | Reirse |
to remember | acordarse |
to say goodbye | despedirse |
to shave oneself | Afeitarse |
to sit down | Sentarse |
to stay, to remain | Quedarse |
to take a bath | Bañarse |
to take a shower | Ducharse |
to turn around | Darse vuelta |
to wake up | Despertarse |
to wash up (wash oneself) | Lavarse |
Verbs of Emotion
Verbs of Emotion are usually found in the reflexive when the meaning is "to get" or "to become". Thus, they indicate a change of "state" from not being to being.
For example:
Se enojó mucho cuando escuchó eso.
S/he got very mad when s/he heard that.
.So we went from a state of NOT being mad to one of being mad.
In the following video, we'll learn the most common Spanish reflexive verbs of emotion:
Spanish Reflexive Verbs of Emotion
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And if you prefer the list of Spanish reflexive verbs of emotion in print, here it is:
to become / to get angry | enojarse |
to become / to get sick | enfermarse |
to get happy | alegrarse |
to get bored | aburrirse |
to become / to get sad | entristecerse |
to calm down / to relax / to take it easy | calmarse |
to fall in love | enamorarse |
to become / to get furious | enfurecerse |
to get worried | preocuparse |
to become / to get scared | asustarse |
If you need to understand how reflexive verbs work, click here. If instead, you need to learn how to conjugate reflexive verbs, click here. For some grammar practice, click here.