ella misma

herself, she herself

→ ella
phrase Uncommon #15,534
herself Can emphasize that she did something on her own or refer to herself as the object of an action. The feminine form is used for a woman or girl.
SP: María hizo el trabajo ella misma.
EN: Maria did the work herself.

Ella misma hizo el jugo.

She made the juice herself.

Sólo necesita tiempo para ella misma.

She just needs some time to herself.

— Mátate, amor (2025)

Aún es pequeña,"demasiado pequeña", dice ella misma.

She’s still young, “too young,” as she herself says.

— La vida de Adèle (2013)

Lo hizo ella misma, para ti, con papas extras.

She made it herself, for you, with extra potatoes.

— Por eso lo llaman amor (2017)

Y su mundo es ella misma.

And her world is herself.

— Familia (2023)

Ella misma me arregló el cabello.

She did my hair herself.

— “Cumbres Borrascosas” (2026)

Ella misma le ayudó.

She herself helped him.

No puede ser que lo haya escrito ella misma.

She can't have written it herself.

Tom le ha dicho a María que lo haga ella misma.

Tom told Maria to do it herself.

Una princesa no se lava ella misma.

A princess doesn’t wash herself.

Es un lugar donde puede ser ella misma.

It's a place where she can be herself.

Nina odia a todo el mundo, incluida ella misma.

Nina hates everyone, including herself.

— Todo sobre mi madre (1999)

Creo que ella misma se lo creyó.

I think she believed it herself.

No hace falta que vaya ella misma.

She doesn't need to go herself.

Ella misma preparó la cena.

She prepared dinner herself.

Pensaba en todos menos en ella misma.

She thought about everyone but herself.

Ella misma le dio algo para comer.

She herself gave him something to eat.

Eso me dijo ella misma.

That's what she told me herself.

Ella misma inventa algunas preciosas.

She herself invents some beautiful ones.

— La dolce vita (1960)

Ella se escribió una carta a ella misma.

She wrote herself a letter.

Ella misma dijo que ya no le gusto más.

She herself said that she doesn't like me anymore.

Ella misma se quitó la vida.

She took her own life.

— Pedro Páramo (2024)

Ella misma lo intentó.

She tried it herself.

Ella misma le ayudó porque nadie más lo haría.

She helped him herself because no one else would.

¿Y por qué no hacía ella misma la inversión?

So why didn’t she make the investment herself?

¿Se intenta ahogar ella misma?

Is she trying to drown herself?

— Le notti di Cabiria (1957)

Es necesario que vaya ella misma.

It is necessary for her to go herself.

phrase Rare #39,845
she herself Used to emphasize that she personally did something. The form changes to match the gender and number of the person or thing it refers to.
SP: Ella misma preparó la cena.
EN: She herself made dinner.

Ella misma.

Herself.

Se maldijo ella misma.

She cursed herself.

— Guardianes De La Noche (2004)

Este es el muñeco que fabricó ella misma.

This is the doll she made herself.

Creo que hasta ella misma se lo creyó.

I think she even believed it herself.

Ella misma hizo la tarea.

She did the homework herself.

Lo hizo ella misma.

She did it herself.

— Дылда (2019)

Lo probó ella misma.

She tried it herself.

La poesía no tiene ningún objetivo aparte de ser ella misma.

Poetry has no purpose other than to be itself.