Breakdown of Hace una semana se hizo un esguince de tobillo.
de
of
un
a, an, some
la semana
the week
hacer
ago, for (time elapsed)
el tobillo
the ankle
hacerse
to become
el esguince
the sprain
Questions & Answers about Hace una semana se hizo un esguince de tobillo.
Why is se hizo used here instead of a single verb for 'sprained'?
Where is the word for 'his' in un esguince de tobillo?
Spanish rarely uses possessive adjectives (like su) with body parts or injuries. Because the sentence uses the reflexive pronoun se in se hizo, it is already clear who received the injury. Therefore, it translates literally as 'a sprain of ankle' rather than 'his ankle'.
What would it mean if I dropped the se and just said hizo un esguince?
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