After coming back from the war, it took a while for them to act themselves again.Después de volver de la guerra, tardaron un tiempo en volver a ser ellos mismos.

What's wrong with the twins? They don't seem like themselves.¿Qué pasa con los gemelos? No parecen los de siempre.

themselves

A pronoun is a word that stands in for a noun (e.g. she).

pronoun

1. (reflexive)

a. se

they've hurt themselvesse han hecho daño

2. (emphatic)

they did all the work themselveshicieron todo el trabajo ellos mismos or ellos solos

they told me themselvesme lo dijeron ellos mismos

3. (after preposition)

they were all by themselvesestaban ellos solos

they were talking about themselvesestaban hablando de sí mismos

they were fighting among themselvesse estaban peleando entre ellos

themselves [ðəmˈselvz]

pronoun

1 (reflexive) se

did they hurt themselves? ¿se hicieron daño?

2 (for emphasis) ellos mismos/ellas mismas

they built it themselves lo construyeron ellos mismos

3 (after prep) sí (mismosasmismas);as mismas

they talked mainly about themselves hablaron principalmente de sí mismos

4 (phrases)

by themselves solosassolas;as solas she left the children at home by themselves dejó a los niños solos en casa; don't leave the two of them alone by themselves no se te ocurra dejar a estos dos solos; the girls did it all by themselves las chicas lo hicieron todo por sí mismas

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by themselves	solos
for themselves	para sí
express themselves	expresarse
about themselves	sobre sí mismos
they call themselves	se llaman
protect themselves	protegerse