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Care After Training in Spanish
Help your child transition to independent personal care after physical activities. This guide focuses on using reflexive verbs to talk about grooming routines and body parts.
What you'll learn
- Use reflexive pronouns to indicate actions performed on oneself.
- Correctly use definite articles (el, la, los, las) instead of possessive adjectives with body parts.
- Formulate commands and simple present continuous sentences for hygiene routines.
Spanish phrases for care after training
Por favor, cepíllate el pelo después del entrenamiento.
Please brush your hair after training.
Reflexive pronouns attach to the end of affirmative commands.
Yo también me estoy cepillando el pelo.
I am brushing my hair too.
Notice the use of 'me' for 'myself'.
Sécate la cara con esta toalla.
Dry your face with this towel.
'Sécate' combines the command 'seca' and the pronoun 'te'.
Me estoy secando la cara.
I am drying my face.
Spanish uses 'la cara' (the face) instead of 'my face'.
Lávate las manos antes de cenar.
Wash your hands before dinner.
'Las manos' is used because the reflexive 'te' already indicates ownership.
Yo también me estoy lavando las manos.
I am washing my hands too.
Present continuous structure: [Reflexive] + estar + gerund.
Cepíllate los dientes antes de dormir.
Brush your teeth before bed.
'Antes de dormir' is a common way to say 'before bed' or 'before sleeping'.
¿Te has peinado el pelo?
Have you combed your hair?
Uses the present perfect tense for a recently completed action.
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El pelo
Hair
Usually used in singular in Spanish to refer to all the hair on the head.
La cara
Face
A feminine noun.
Las manos
Hands
Note that 'mano' is feminine despite ending in 'o'.
Los dientes
Teeth
Masculine plural.
La toalla
Towel
Used for drying off.
Reflexives and Body Parts
In Spanish, when an action is performed on one's own body, we use a reflexive pronoun (me, te, se) and a definite article (el, la, los, las). Unlike English, we rarely use possessive adjectives like 'my' or 'your' because the pronoun already makes it clear whose body part it is.
| Use | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Myself | Me + [verb] + article | Me lavo las manos. (I wash my hands.) |
| Yourself | Te + [verb] + article | ¿Te secas el pelo? (Do you dry your hair?) |
| Command | [Verb] + te + article | Cepíllate el pelo. (Brush your hair.) |
More examples
Me cepillo los dientes tres veces al día.
I brush my teeth three times a day.
Habitual action in the present tense.
Ella se lava la cara con agua fría.
She washes her face with cold water.
Uses 'se' for third person (he/she/it).
¿Ya te has lavado las manos?
Have you washed your hands yet?
'Ya' means 'already' or 'yet' in this context.