Learn Spanish (Spain): Ella mira el navegador ahora mismo. - She is looking at the GPS right now.

Ella mira el navegador ahora mismo.

She is looking at the GPS right now.

Breakdown of Ella mira el navegador ahora mismo.

ella

she / her (after a preposition)

right (emphatic: right here / right now)

Questions & Answers about Ella mira el navegador ahora mismo.

Why do we add mismo after ahora?

By itself, ahora just means "now." Adding mismo makes it emphatic, translating to "right now" or "at this very moment." This is a special use of mismo where it reinforces a time word rather than meaning "same."

Since the subject is Ella, shouldn't it be ahora misma?

No, because mismo is modifying the adverb ahora (now), not the pronoun Ella (she). When mismo is used to emphasize an adverb of time or place, it acts as an adverb itself and never changes its ending to match gender or number. It is always mismo.

Why is the simple present mira used here if the English translation says "is looking"?

In Spanish, the simple present tense is frequently used for actions happening right at the moment of speaking. While you could use the present continuous and say está mirando, mira is perfectly natural and very common in everyday Spanish to express "she is looking."

I thought a navegador was a web browser. Can it also be a car GPS?

Yes! While navegador is indeed the word for an internet browser, in Spain it is also the standard everyday term for a vehicle's GPS or satnav system.