reflexive pronoun

reflexive pronoun
a) A personal pronoun, having a form of "self" as a suffix to show that the subjects action affects the subject itself.

Spanish: Él se lavó — He washed (himself).

b) In some languages, a pronoun that makes a transitive verb reflexive or reciprocal.

: Él lavó — He washed (something).


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