Usage examples of "por sí solo" in Spanish with translation to English

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Él tuvo que buscar su habitación por sí solo. He had to look for his room by himself.
Tom trató de averiguar la respuesta por sí solo. Tom tried to figure out the answer by himself.
A Tom le gusta hacer las cosas por sí solo. Tom likes to do things by himself.
El gato se subió al techo de mi casa por sí solo. The cat climbed up the roof of my house by himself.
Incapaz de cumplir la tarea por sí solo, él acudió a mí por ayuda. Unable to accomplish the task by himself, he turned to me for help.
Sospecho que Tom no hace su tarea por si solo. I suspect that Tom doesn't do his homework by himself.
Él vivía allá por sí solo. He lived there completely alone.
Tom lo hizo por sí solo. Tom did it on his own.
Tom no tuvo el valor para ir ahí por sí solo. Tom didn’t have the courage to go there alone.
Ojalá mi pasto fuera emo, así se cortaría por sí solo. I wish my grass were emo, then it would cut itself.
El océano Pacífico por sí solo cubre un área más grande que la que cubrirían todos los continentes juntos. The Pacific Ocean alone covers an area larger than that of all continents put together.
Todo el mundo debe aprender por sí mismo al final. Everyone must learn on their own in the end.
El guardó el secreto para sí solo. He kept the secret to himself.
Ella fue allá por sí sola. She went there by herself.
Si no fuera por los libros, cada generación tendría que redescubrir por sí misma las verdades del pasado. If it were not for books, each generation would have to rediscover for itself the truths of the past.
Hay cosas que solo la inteligencia es capaz de buscar, pero que de por sí nunca encontrará. Estas cosas solo pueden encontrarse por instinto, pero el instinto nunca las buscará. There are things that only intelligence is capable of searching for, but which it itself will never find. These things can only be found by instinct, but it will never search for them.
Ella fue a México por sí sola. She went to Mexico by herself.
El ciervo iba corriendo por sí sólo. The deer was running by itself.
A mi parecer las imágenes hablan por sí solas. It seems to me that the pictures speak for themselves.
Ellos no pudieron defenderse por sí mismos. They couldn't defend themselves.
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