More on mira

Hola Bob S.

Great question! In expressions like “Mira que son cobardes”, mira is not functioning as an imperative directed at them (“you all, look”), but rather as a fixed idiomatic expression used to add emphasis, irony, or mild reproach. In this structure, mira is always in the 2nd-person singular (tú) form, regardless of who the comment refers to.

It’s similar to English expressions like “Look, they’re such cowards”, where look doesn’t literally mean look and isn’t addressing the people being talked about.

For that reason, it doesn’t change to “miren”, even though son cobardes refers to “they”.

Hope this helps!

Silvia