How to Say ‘Do you want to hurt yourself?’ in Spain Spanish
¿Quiere hacerse daño?
KYEH-reh ah-SEHR-seh DAH-nyoh
[KYEH-reh ah-SEHR-seh DAH-nyoh]
💬 Usage Tip: The se attached to hacer turns "to hurt" into "to hurt yourself". The same pattern works for others: hacerme daño "to hurt myself".
🇪🇸 In Spain: In Spanish crisis care, staff ask this directly and calmly. Asking plainly doesn't plant the idea, and it shows the person they can talk openly.
Phrase Breakdown
Quiere
[KYEH-reh]
do you want
Polite verb form from querer, often used by staff with customers.
¿La quiere en la terraza o dentro?
Do you want it on the terrace or inside?
hacerse
[ah-SEHR-seh]
to do to oneself
Reflexive form of 'hacer'; with 'daño' means to hurt oneself.
Se puede hacerse daño con eso.
One can hurt oneself with that.
daño
[DAH-nyoh]
harm
Noun for injury or hurt; 'hacer daño' means to hurt.
El golpe me hizo daño.
The blow hurt me.
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