se.
A reflexive or reciprocal pronoun: oneself, himself, herself, itself, yourself; themselves; yourselves; each other; one another
Meaning & usage
A reflexive or reciprocal pronoun: oneself, himself, herself, itself, yourself; themselves; yourselves; each other; one another
Juan se lava.
Diego y María se aman.
A pronoun used with transitive verbs to create the passive voice
Se necesitan médicos bilingües.
Algún día, todo se sabrá.
A pronoun used with a verb conjugated in the third-person singular to convey an impersonal meaning
Se dice que...
Aquí se habla español.
Used to third person subjunctive moods to form an impersonal imperative.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé Latin sē Spanish se Inherited from Latin sē.
used instead of indirect object pronouns le and les before the direct object pronouns lo, la, los, or las
El samaritano se las dio.
Where this word comes from
From Old Spanish ge (from Latin illī, compare Portuguese lhe, Italian gli), whose pronunciation shifted from /ʒe/ to /ʃe/ in Early Modern Spanish, at which point it was reanalyzed as /se/ (rather than shifting to /xe/ as expected).
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