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Fresh After Football in Spanish
A simple guide to help your child get clean and changed into fresh clothes after sports using basic Spanish reflexive verbs.
What you'll learn
- Learn to give polite commands for self-care
- Understand the use of reflexive pronouns in commands
- Identify basic body parts in Spanish
Spanish phrases for fresh after football
Desvístete, por favor.
Get undressed, please.
This comes from the reflexive verb 'desvestirse'.
Lávate, por favor.
Wash yourself, please.
The 'te' at the end means 'yourself'.
Lávate las manos.
Wash your hands.
Spanish uses 'las' (the) instead of 'tus' (your) for body parts here.
Lávate la cara.
Wash your face.
'Cara' is a feminine noun.
Lávate los pies.
Wash your feet.
'Pies' is masculine plural.
Sécate, por favor.
Dry yourself, please.
From the verb 'secar' (to dry).
Sécate las manos.
Dry your hands.
Again, use 'las' (the) instead of 'your'.
Vístete, por favor.
Get dressed, please.
This comes from the reflexive verb 'vestirse'.
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Por favor
Please
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Lavar
To wash
The root verb before adding reflexive endings.
Secar
To dry
The root verb for drying off.
Reflexive Commands for Kids
When telling your child to do an action to themselves, we add 'te' to the end of the command. Also, in Spanish, we use 'the' (el, la, los, las) for body parts because the 'te' already shows who the body part belongs to.
| Use | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| To wash yourself | Lávate | Lávate bien. (Wash yourself well.) |
| To dry yourself | Sécate | Sécate la cara. (Dry your face.) |
| To dress yourself | Vístete | ¡Vístete rápido! (Get dressed fast!) |
More examples
¡Lávate los pies, están sucios!
Wash your feet, they are dirty!
Common phrase after playing outside.
Sécate las manos con la toalla.
Dry your hands with the towel.
Toalla is the word for towel.