se

Spanish

pronoun
Definitions
  • Third person (also used for l oneself, himself, herself, itself, yourself; each other; one another
  • Used to convey the meaning of the English passive voice in the third person and with usted and ustedes.

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sē (apart, herself, itself, without, himself, themselves, apart from, astray, aside, by itself) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *swé (self, oneself, separate, reflexive pronoun, apart, without, by oneself, away, aside).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*swé

Gloss

self, oneself, separate, reflexive pronoun, apart, without, by oneself, away, aside

Concept
Semantic Field

Kinship

Ontological Category

Other

Kanji

自, 己

Emoji

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