Spanish: An Essential Grammar

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Morir‘to die’ (often accidental)

Morirse‘to die’ (figurative or more emphatic)
Murieron debido a una serie They died due to a series of
de errores. errors.

Me muero si lo ven. I’ll die if they see it.
¡No me digas que se ha Don’t tell me that he has died!
muerto!
Negar‘to deny’

Negarse (a)‘to refuse (to)’
Valle lo niega todo. Valle denies everything.

Se niegan a quedar con They refuse to meet us.
nosotros.
Parecer‘to seem/appear’
Parecerse a‘to look like’
Parece estar vivo. He seems/appears to be alive.
Martín se parece a Antonio. Martín looks like Antonio.

Quedar ‘to remain’ (see also 11.5(b) )
Quedarse‘to stay (on)’ (see also 14.9)
Esto no puede quedar así. This can’t remain like this.
Decidió quedarse otro mes. She decided to stay on another
month.
Saber‘to know’

Saberse‘to know’, ‘be able to recall’
No sé quien lo ha roto. I don’t know who broke it.

Se sabe los nombres de todos She knows the names of all the
los jugadores. players.
Salir‘to leave/go out’, ‘come out’
Salirse‘to come out/off’, ‘leak’
Acaba de salir la segunda The second edition has just
edición. come out.

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