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Me acuesto muy tarde.

Me acuesto muy tarde.
I go to bed very late.
From Lesson 35:Reflexive verbs (me, te, se)·Spanish (Spain)

Breakdown of Me acuesto muy tarde.

muy
very
tarde
late
acostarse
to go to bed

Questions & Answers about Me acuesto muy tarde.

Why is there a me at the beginning of the sentence?
Me is a reflexive pronoun. The verb here is acostarse (to go to bed). In Spanish, daily routine actions where you do something to yourself are often reflexive. Because the subject is 'I', we use the pronoun me and put it right before the conjugated verb.
If the verb is acostarse, why is it spelled acuesto instead of 'acosto'?
Acostarse is a stem-changing verb. This means that the vowel in the middle of the action word changes when we conjugate it. For this verb, the o changes to ue in the present tense for most subjects, giving us acuesto for 'I go to bed'.
Do I need to say Yo me acuesto?
You can, but it is not necessary. In Spanish, the verb ending (-o in acuesto) and the reflexive pronoun (me) already make it perfectly clear that 'I' am the one going to bed. The word yo (I) is usually dropped unless you want to add emphasis.
I thought tarde meant 'afternoon'. Why does it mean 'late' here?
The word tarde has two related meanings. It can be a noun meaning 'afternoon' (like in buenas tardes), but it is also used to mean 'late'. Here, because it describes when you go to bed, it means 'late'.

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