expresarse
Spanish, verb[ekspɾeˈsaɾse]
expresarse is spelled E-X-P-R-E-S-A-R-S-E (10 letters) and appears 5.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 10,985th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Expresarse is a Spanish verb meaning “infinitive of expresar combined with se” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacerse entender; comunicar o manifestar las propias emociones, experiencias, reacciones o ideas”.
What does expresarse mean in English?
verb
- 1
infinitive of expresar combined with se
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacerse entender; comunicar o manifestar las propias emociones, experiencias, reacciones o ideas.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of expresarse
- haberse expresado impersonal infinitive
- expresándose impersonal gerund
- habiéndose expresado impersonal gerund
- expresado impersonal participle
- me expreso first-person singular indicative
- te expresas second-person singular indicative
- te expresás second-person singular vos-form
- se expresa third-person singular indicative
- nos expresamos first-person plural indicative
- os expresáis second-person plural indicative
- se expresan third-person plural indicative
- me expresaba first-person singular indicative
- te expresabas second-person singular indicative
- se expresaba third-person singular indicative
- nos expresábamos first-person plural indicative
- os expresabais second-person plural indicative
- se expresaban third-person plural indicative
- me expresé first-person singular indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce expresarse?
- [ekspɾeˈsaɾse]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is expresarse in Spanish?
expresarse appears 5.6 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).