Breakdown of Los chicos se vistieron con ropa vieja y se divirtieron mucho.
y
and
con
with / just by (+ -ing)
viejo
old
el chico
the boy
Questions & Answers about Los chicos se vistieron con ropa vieja y se divirtieron mucho.
Why is it vistieron and divirtieron instead of 'vestieron' and 'divertieron'?
Why are there two se words in this sentence?
The infinitive forms of the verbs used here are vestirse (to get dressed) and divertirse (to have fun). Because they are reflexive verbs, they need the pronoun se to match los chicos (they). The first se belongs to vistieron and the second belongs to divirtieron.
Why does the Spanish sentence use con (with) instead of 'en' (in) for getting dressed?
In English, we usually say we get dressed 'in' clothes. However, in Spanish, the verb vestirse always pairs with the preposition con (with). You can think of it literally as the boys getting dressed 'with' old clothes.
Why is ropa vieja singular when the English translation says 'old clothes'?