Word
Tu vestes-te rápido.
Meaning
You get dressed fast.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Tu vestes-te rápido.
Why does the verb have -te attached to it?
Vestir normally means "to dress" (like dressing someone else). To say "to get dressed" (to dress yourself), Portuguese uses the reflexive verb vestir-se. Because the subject is tu (you), the reflexive pronoun changes to -te (yourself).
Why is the pronoun -te placed after the verb instead of before it?
In European Portuguese, reflexive pronouns usually attach to the end of the verb with a hyphen in simple, positive sentences. So we write vestes-te rather than te vestes (which is more common in Brazilian Portuguese).
Is rápido an adjective or an adverb here?