sentir or sentarse

edith E posted one year ago

Sentir or sentirse question

Why is “I feel like an idiot dressed up like a clown” reflexive? Idiot is a noun. I had this question on a quiz. 

I had difficulty with the use of sentir/sentirse

Thank you Marcus G C1 for this "When you have como+noun, use the refexive.  

Nos sentimos como dos idiotas después de la estafa."  we felt foolish after the scam; foolish being an adjective

I was so confused 

after looking at Spanish dictionary I decided that the use of como un idiota translates to foolish - an adjective, even though un idiota is a noun

Eres un idiota - you are an idiot  (noun)

Estás actuando como un idiota - you are being ridiculous (adjective)