"What have you done to yourself?" in Spanish

Question

I want to know how to say "What have you done to yourself?" in Spanish. I'm thinking:

¿Qué te has hecho?

• Hi Goldie, I edited your title to make it a bit more clear with the language. Good question about reflexive verbs! - Paralee Feb 17, 2012
• Tu traducción es perfecta, Goldie :) - Cordobesa Feb 17, 2012
• Thanks, Cordobesa. I wasn't sure if it was expressed the same way in Spanish. - Goldie_Miel Feb 17, 2012
• Goldie, actually your sentence sounds far more natural than Paralee's one. - cogumela Feb 17, 2012
• Qué te has hecho is perfectly clear, and it's how we say. Adding "a ti mismo" sounds pretty redundant, if not clumsy - cogumela Feb 17, 2012
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Answer 1

I think your translation is fine. Another option could be ¿Qué te has hecho a ti mismo?

• Hi Paralee. Should that be "a **ti** mismo"? - SonrisaDelSo Feb 17, 2012
• Why is the te needed when it is already implied by "has" - albert-fabri Feb 17, 2012
• Albert the has refers to who has done the action the te refers to whom the action is done ! :) - FELIZ77 Feb 17, 2012
• Thanks Sonrisa. You are right! When "tú" comes after a preposition, it should be "ti." - Paralee Feb 17, 2012
• Thanks, Paralee & Sonrisa. Those "a ti mismo", "yo mismo", etc always confuse me. I thought about adding it, but decided to save myself the headache and leave it out, lol. - Goldie_Miel Feb 17, 2012
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Answer 2

Could somebody please enlighten me as to what part of the phrase implies the word yourself. I can understand it with Paralee's tí mismo, but otherwise to me it only asks What have you done, Not to who, what where or when

• It's the "te" in "Qué *te* has hecho?" Cogumela commented ^up there somewhere^ lol, that "Qué has hecho?" alone would just be "What have you done?"; but when you add "te" ("to you"), it tells who it was done to (i.e., yourself). - Goldie_Miel Feb 17, 2012
• And, of course, in English we wouldn't say "What you have you done to you?" but rather "What have you done to yourself?" Let us know if you're still unsure (or if my explanation sucks, lol) - Goldie_Miel Feb 17, 2012