Guárdate ese marcapáginas y no dobles la contraportada, que luego se nota.

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Breakdown of Guárdate ese marcapáginas y no dobles la contraportada, que luego se nota.

• ese: that
• no: not
• que: because

Questions & Answers about Guárdate ese marcapáginas y no dobles la contraportada, que luego se nota.

Why is it guárdate and not just guarda?

Because guardarse algo is a very common Spanish pattern meaning to keep something for oneself, to put something away, or to hold on to it.

So:

• guarda ese marcapáginas = put away / keep that bookmark
• guárdate ese marcapáginas = keep that bookmark for yourself / put it away

The -te is the reflexive/indirect pronoun for tú. In everyday Spanish, this often adds a personal nuance, not always a strongly literal reflexive meaning.

This kind of construction is very common in speech:

• Cómete esto = eat this up
• Llévate eso = take that away / take that with you
• Guárdate eso = keep that / put that away

So here it sounds natural and conversational.

Why does guárdate have an accent mark?

When an affirmative command takes attached pronouns, Spanish often adds a written accent to keep the original stress.

Without the pronoun:

• guarda

With -te attached:

• guárdate

The accent shows that the stress still falls on guár-.

This is a general rule with affirmative commands + pronouns:

• dime
• siéntate
• llévatelo
• guárdate

What does ese mean here, and why not este?