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a su padre

his father

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his father Uses the personal a before a direct object that is a person. The exact English translation depends on context.
SP: Se parece mucho a su padre.
EN: He looks a lot like his father.

Él le hace preguntas a su padre.

He asks his father questions.

Ustedes no se parecen a su padre.

You don't look like your father.

Es verdad que la falta de agua arruinó a su padre.

It is true that the lack of water ruined his father.

— La venganza de Manon (1986)

Él compró un libro y se lo dio a su padre.

He bought a book and gave it to his father.

A su padre también.

His father, too.

— Caché (Escondido) (2005)

Nosotros ya le hemos pedido un favor a su padre.

We have already asked her father for a favor.

Dice que no puede recordar a su padre.

He says he can't remember his father.

— El hombre de la Tierra (2007)

El chaval creció más y más, hasta superar la altura a su padre.

The boy grew taller and taller, until he surpassed his father in height.

Mary le está mintiendo a su padre.

Mary is lying to her father.

Y todos recordamos a su padre.

And we all remember his father.

Lo que es él hoy se lo debe a su padre.

He owes everything he is today to his father.

Ella ve a su jefe como a su padre.

She sees her boss as her father.

Él abrazó a su padre.

He hugged his father.

Naoto ha salido a su padre en su aspecto.

Naoto looks just like his father.

Si hubiera dicho lo que sé habría arruinado a la joven y a su padre.

If I had said what I know, I would have ruined the young woman and her father.

— Tigre y dragón (2000)

Peter se parece más a su madre que a su padre.

Peter looks more like his mother than his father.

Tienen que operar a su padre del corazón.

They have to operate on his father's heart.

Casi no le escribe a su padre.

He hardly ever writes to his father.

El muchacho le contestó a su padre.

The boy answered his father.

Él no pudo cumplir la promesa que hizo a su padre.

He couldn't keep the promise he made to his father.

Perdió a su padre cuando tenía tres años.

She lost her father when she was three years old.

Él lo mató para vengar a su padre.

He killed him to avenge his father.

Ella quería que él le ayudara a su padre.

She wanted him to help her father.

Le ha dado muchos disgustos a su padre, que es mi hijo.

He has caused a lot of grief to his father, who is my son.

— O Som ao Redor (2012)

Él se parece muchísimo a su padre.

He looks a lot like his father.

Ella cuidó a su padre hasta su muerte.

She cared for her father until his death.

Voy a ayudar a enterrar a su padre.

I'm going to help bury your father.

— Las flores de la guerra (2011)

El niño vio morir a su padre.

The boy saw his father die.

Tom abrazó a su padre.

Tom hugged his father.

Ha salido a su padre.

He takes after his father.

— Greenland 2 (2026)

El chico se parecía vagamente a su padre en apariencia.

The boy vaguely resembled his father in appearance.

A su padre.

To his father.

— Campo de sueños (1989)

Él respeta a su padre.

He respects his father.

A Tom nunca se le olvida enviarle un regalo de cumpleaños a su padre.

Tom never forgets to send his father a birthday present.

Tom le robó el coche a su padre.

Tom stole his father's car.

Le dio una corbata a su padre.

He gave his father a tie.

Lo dejé a su padre.

I left him with his father.

— Mañana empieza todo (2016)

Mis hijos necesitan a su padre.

My children need their father.

Tom quiere perdonar a su padre por abandonarlo.

Tom wants to forgive his father for abandoning him.

Yo admiraba a su padre.

I admired his father.

De niño adoraba a su padre.

As a child, he adored his father.

Le pidió que le ayudara a su padre a limpiar la cochera.

He asked her to help his father clean the garage.