Sentence examples of "se porta" in Spanish

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Se porta como un niño. He behaves like a child.
Su hijo se porta bien. His child behaves well.
Tom siempre se porta bien. Sin embargo, Mary no. Tom always behaves himself well. However, Mary does not.
Se porta bien en la escuela, pero en casa causa problemas. He behaves well in school but at home he causes problems.
Él sabe portarse en público. He knows how to behave in public.
Ojalá Jim se portara bien. I wish Jim would behave himself.
¡Cómo te atreves a portarte así! How dare you behave like that!
Me horroriza lo mal que se portan esos niños. I'm appalled at how badly those children behave.
Mary pidió a su hijo que se portara bien. Mary asked her son to behave himself.
Mary le pidió a su hijo que se portara bien. Mary asked her son to behave himself.
Maryam se porta bien. Maryam is well behaved.
Todo niño se porta mal de vez en cuando. Every child misbehaves from time to time.
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