she

used to refer to a woman or girl, especially when it is clear which one you are talking about

ella

• she + verb

Collocations she said · she did

• She is a doctor.

  Ella es médico.

used as the subject of a sentence or clause to refer to a woman or girl who is the main person being talked about

ella

• she + verb

Collocations she likes · she knows

• She likes to read.

  Ella le gusta leer.

used as the object of a verb or preposition to refer to a woman or girl who is being talked about

la, le (formal)

• verb + she

Collocations talks to her · writes to her

• He talks to her every day.

  Él habla con ella todos los días.

used before a noun to show that something belongs to or is connected with a woman or girl

su (femenino)

• her + noun

Collocations her book · her car

• Is this her bag?

  ¿Es esta su mochila?

used to refer back to a woman or girl who is the subject of the sentence and also does something herself

se (femenino)

• verb + se

Collocations she looks at herself in the mirror · she talks to herself

• She looked at herself in the mirror.

  Ella se miró en el espejo.

used to introduce a relative clause that gives more information about a woman or girl who has just been mentioned

que (femenino)

• noun + she + verb

Collocations the woman she met · the girl she saw

• The woman she met was very kind.

  La mujer que conoció fue muy amable.

used to refer to a woman or girl without specifying which one, often in general statements about women or girls

una mujer (general)

• she + verb

Collocations a she who · any she that

• She who has a why to live can bear almost any how.

  La mujer que tiene un por qué para vivir puede soportar casi cualquier cómo.

used in formal or literary contexts to refer to a woman or girl with respect or formality

ella (formal)

• she + verb

Collocations she has arrived · she will speak

• She will address the audience.

  Ella hablará a la audiencia.