Tortilla de patatas: pasos con “se” (pasiva refleja)

Recetas con 'se' impersonal/pasiva refleja: ordena pasos de una tortilla.

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Food and cooking Work: kitchen and cooking Voice Verbs

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se corta se añade se bate se sirve pasiva refleja tortilla de patatas recetas

Ordena los pasos para preparar una tortilla de patatas usando la pasiva refleja (se + 3.ª persona).

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Hints for this Quiz

Think of the real order of actions: cortar → freír → batir → mezclar → cuajar → servir.

The logical recipe order is: first you cut and fry the potatoes (FRÍEN patatas), separately you beat the eggs (BATEN huevos), then you mix them and let the tortilla set (CUAJAR) in the pan, and finally you serve it. In recipe-style passive with “se” (pasiva refleja): se + 3rd person, and the verb agrees with the object (plural “las patatas” → “se fríen”).

Check agreement: plural noun → verb in plural too.

Here the object is “las patatas” (plural), so the verb must agree: “se cortan”. The form “se corta” would be used with a singular noun (la patata).

Pattern: se + 3rd person (sing./plur.) and agreement with the noun.

In the pasiva refleja, the object becomes the grammatical subject: “los huevos” → “Se baten los huevos”. Agreement in the plural is important here.

Focus on the action: oil + pan + potatoes → they are being fried.

You can see slices of potato frying in oil → “Se fríen patatas”.

In the recipe, the potatoes are usually added to the eggs, not the other way round.

The correct step is: “se añaden (las patatas) a los huevos”. The other options don’t make sense in this recipe context.

With no explicit subject in a general statement, we use “se” + 3rd person singular: se sirve.

Correct: “se sirve”. By the way, “la tortilla de patatas” is a symbol of Spanish home cooking and is often served as a “pincho” at the bar.

Impersonal “se”: no subject → verb in 3rd person singular.

This is the impersonal “se”: there is no explicit subject, so the verb goes in 3rd person singular → “se cocina”. The form “se cocinan” would require a plural object expressed in the sentence.