reflexive pronoun
Noun

reflexive pronoun (plural reflexive pronouns)

  1. (grammar) In English: a personal pronoun, having a form of "self" as a suffix to show that the subject's action affects the subject itself.
  2. (grammar) In many languages: a pronoun that makes a transitive verb reflexive or reciprocal.
    Spanish: Él se#Spanish|se lavó — He washed (himself).
    Él lavó — He washed (something).
    Russian: Он помы́лсяHe washed (himself).
    Он помы́л — He washed (something).
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