Tuesday, January 07, 2014

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Spanish Word of the Day
Tuesday, January 7, 2014

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alegrarse, verb
to be pleased, to be glad

We've already seen some ways you can use alegrarse. For instance, when you're pleased for someone, you use alegrarse with por:

¡Aprobé! - Me alegro tanto por ti.
I've passed! - I'm so pleased for you.

When you haven't seen someone for a long time, the standard phrase you use is:

Me alegro de verte.
It's good to see you, or I'm pleased to see you.

As with other verbs expressing emotions, you use de que and the subjunctive after alegrarse when you're pleased about what someone else has done:

Me alegro de que te sientas mejor.
I'm pleased you're feeling better.

Se alegró de que fuéramos.
He was glad that we went.

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