ella era

she was

→ ella
phrase Common #5,187
she was Used to describe something in the past.
SP: Ella era muy amable conmigo.
EN: She was very kind to me.

Y como ella era una serpiente, todos creyeron su mentira.

And since she was a snake, everyone believed her lie.

— Zootrópolis 2 (2025)

Ella era hija de una ama de llaves.

She was the daughter of a housekeeper.

— El agente secreto (2025)

Así que ella era una sirena.

So she was a mermaid.

— The Dreadful (2026)

Ella era valiente.

She was brave.

Y ella era hermosa.

And she was beautiful.

Ella era la luz de mi vida.

She was the light of my life.

Ella era mi profesora de español.

She was my Spanish teacher.

Ella era parecida a mí en muchas formas.

She was like me in many ways.

Su madre murió cuando ella era adolescente.

Her mother died when she was a teenager.

Cuando ella era pequeña cantaba bien.

She sang well when she was little.

Ella era un ángel.

She was an angel.

— बर्फी! (2012)

Ella era bailarina.

She was a dancer.

— Lindas y letales (2026)

Ella era una gran chica.

She was a great girl.

— El recuerdo de Marnie (2014)

El sombrero de ella era muy extraño.

Her hat was very strange.

Ella era una maldita rata.

She was a damn rat.

— Una batalla tras otra (2025)

Ella era feroz.

She was fierce.

— Avatar: Fuego y ceniza (2025)

Ella era una pérdida de tiempo, y ahora es una pérdida de tiempo.

She was a waste of time, and now she is a waste of time.

— Sólo se vive una vez (2011)

Piku, ella era mi esposa.

Piku, she was my wife.

— Piku (2015)

Ella era la más brillante y la más gay de todos los presentes.

She was the brightest and the gayest of all those present.

Ella era mi esposa.

She was my wife.

Ella era muy guapa cuando era joven.

She was very beautiful when she was young.

Parece que ella era la amable.

It seems she was the kind one.

Ella era pura.

She was pure.

— Strangers: Capítulo 3 (2026)

Incluso se atrevió a decir que ella era estúpida.

He even dared to say that she was stupid.

Ella era casada con un hombre rico.

She was married to a rich man.

Ella era una joven bastante formal y correcta.

She was a rather formal and proper young woman.

Ella era hermosa, y tu la mataste.

She was beautiful, and you killed her.

— Investigación sobre un ciudadano libre de toda sospecha (1970)

Ella era una verdadera luz.

She was a true light.

— Black Phone 2 (2025)

Ella era la Primera Dama.

She was the First Lady.

Entonces, ¿ella era tu novia?

So, she was your girlfriend?

— Return to Silent Hill (2026)

Ella era la única mujer.

She was the only woman.

Ella era mi preferida, por cierto.

She was my favorite, by the way.

— Jugada maestra (2026)

Ella era naturalmente tímida.

She was naturally shy.

Yo sabía que ella era.

I knew it was her.

— Sin piedad (2026)

Ella era sólo una sombra de su antigua yo después de su enfermedad.

She was just a shadow of her former self after her illness.

Le pregunté a Ann si ella era estudiante.

I asked Ann if she was a student.

Ella era un genio en matemáticas.

She was a genius at mathematics.

Ella era actriz.

She was an actress.

Insisto en que ella era sincera.

I maintain that she was sincere.

Ella era una gran artista.

She was a great artist.

— Paddington 2 (2017)

La conozco desde que ella era un bebé.

I've known her since she was a baby.

Ella era de Ucrania.

She was from Ukraine.

— Sólo se vive una vez (2011)

Ella era una maestra.

She was a teacher.

— Lars y una chica de verdad (2007)

Ella era especial.

She was special.

— Guardianes del día (2006)

Ella era ingenua.

She was naive.

Ella era la más brillante y alegre de todos los presentes.

She was the brightest and most cheerful of all those present.

Ella era perezosa.

She was lazy.

Esa mujer, Mary, ella era todo para él.

That woman, Mary, she was everything to him.

— Return to Silent Hill (2026)

Ella era tan inteligente.

She was so intelligent.

Ella era una buena mujer.

She was a good woman.

Ella era buena para las matemáticas en la enseñanza media.

She was good at math in middle school.

Ella era hermosa cuando joven.

She was beautiful when she was young.

Ella era una señora muy, muy especial.

She was a very, very special lady.

Ella era la Grande.

She was the Great One.

— Guardianes del día (2006)

Pero si ella era imaginaria, ¿por qué tiene el mismo nombre?

But if she was imaginary, why does she have the same name?

— El recuerdo de Marnie (2014)

Ella era la última persona que esperaba encontrar aquel día.

She was the last person he expected to run into that day.

Ella era mi mejor amiga.

She was my best friend.

— No se lo digas a nadie (2006)

Pero ella era más joven.

But she was younger.

— Leviatán (2014)

Ella era más hermosa que todas las demás.

She was more beautiful than all the others.

Murieron cuando ella era pequeña.

They died when she was little.

— La asistenta (2025)

Ella era su coartada.

She was his alibi.

— No se lo digas a nadie (2006)

Ella era tímida en la escuela secundaria.

She was shy in high school.

Ella era una fuerte y rápida corredora en ese tiempo.

She was a strong and fast runner at that time.

Ella era ciega, sorda y muda.

She was blind, deaf, and mute.

En ese tiempo ella era estudiante en Yale.

At that time she was a student at Yale.

Ella era una joven que necesitaba un esposo.

She was a young woman who needed a husband.

Ella era el amor de mi vida.

She was the love of my life.