ABSTRACT
Many Italian verbs have a reflexive construction, which means that the subject and object coincide, e.g. lavarsi to wash oneself, vestirsi to dress oneself. These verbs are always used with reflexive pronouns (see p. 131) and usually with the auxiliary essere in compound tenses. There are variations on the basic reflexive construction, but broadly speaking they can be divided into reflexive and reciprocal verbs (i verbi riflessivi, i verbi reciproci).
