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The passive voice (for example "The house was sold") is not widely used in Spanish the way it is in English, but there is a way to make a passive sentence using the pronoun se.
Learn about the Spanish passive se
This structure is possible with transitive verbs, i.e verbs that have a direct object. The invariable se is placed in front of the verb.
Have a look and listen to these examples:
Notice that if the subject is a singular noun (apartamento), the verb is conjugated in the 3rd person singular (vende), while with a plural subject (apartamentos) the verb is conjugated in the 3rd person plural (venden).
Here are some other examples using different tenses:
One of the contexts where we find this "se" structure is on instructions (i.e explaining how to make something step by step). In these cases there are different ways to translate them into English; the most common translations are: "You [do something]", "One [does something", or "Something is [done]".
Have a look at the following examples:
Primero, se cortan las verduras y después se ponen en el horno.First, [you] cut the vegetables and then [you] put them in the oven.
Don't confuse this use of se with the se used for general statements like "One does.../People do/ Something is done" . For this other specific use see Expressing instructions and general statements in Spanish with the impersonal se = one.
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