"Autocausative" reflexive denotes that the (usually animate) "referent represented by the subject combines the activity of actor and undergoes a change of state like a patient[1]:
| Language | Examples |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | Pedro se ofendeu. |
| Spanish | Pedro se ofendió. |
| Italian | Pietro si offese. |
| Serbo-Croatian | Petar se uvrijedio. |
| Polish | Piotr obraził się. |
| Russian | Пётр обиделся. |
| English | Peter became offended. |
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