"se" meaning in Spanish

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Pronoun

IPA: /se/, [se]
Rhymes: -e Etymology: From Latin sē. Etymology templates: {{dercat|es|ine-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|es|la|se|sē}} Latin sē Head templates: {{head|es|pronoun|third person, including ‘usted’ and ‘ustedes’|g=mfbysense}} se m or f by sense (third person, including ‘usted’ and ‘ustedes’)
  1. third person (also used for usted and ustedes) reflexive direct or indirect object oneself, himself, herself, itself, yourself; each other; one another Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine, third-person
    Sense id: en-se-es-pron-IQVqeQf3 Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish pronouns Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 33 32 33 1 Disambiguation of Spanish pronouns: 31 33 36
  2. used to convey the meaning of the English passive voice in the third person and with usted and ustedes Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine, third-person
    Sense id: en-se-es-pron-2~lm33au Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish pronouns Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 33 32 33 1 Disambiguation of Spanish pronouns: 31 33 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Pronoun

IPA: /se/, [se]
Rhymes: -e Etymology: From Old Spanish ge (from Latin illī, compare Portuguese lhe, Italian gli), whose pronunciation shifted from /ʒe/ to /ʃe/ in Early Modern Spanish, at which point it was reanalyzed as /se/ (rather than shifting to /xe/ as expected). Etymology templates: {{inh|es|osp|ge}} Old Spanish ge, {{inh|es|la|illi|illī}} Latin illī, {{cog|pt|lhe}} Portuguese lhe, {{cog|it|gli}} Italian gli Head templates: {{head|es|pronoun|third person, including ‘usted’ and ‘ustedes’|g=mfbysense}} se m or f by sense (third person, including ‘usted’ and ‘ustedes’)
  1. used instead of indirect object pronouns le and les before the direct object pronouns lo, la, los, or las Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine, third-person Synonyms: ge [archaic]
    Sense id: en-se-es-pron-HC9zhc0v Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish pronouns Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 33 32 33 1 Disambiguation of Spanish pronouns: 31 33 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /se/, [se] Forms: saber [base-form]
Rhymes: -e Head templates: {{head|es|verb form|main verb|saber}} se (main verb saber)
  1. Misspelling of sé. Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of:
    Sense id: en-se-es-verb-~Uyvem5E
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Alternative forms

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