su padre

his/her father

→ su
phrase Extremely common #431
his/her father The possessive su can mean his, her, your (formal), or their, so the exact English translation depends on context.
SP: Su padre vive cerca de aquí.
EN: Her father lives near here.

Que su padre haría cualquier cosa por sus seres queridos.

That his father would do anything for his loved ones.

— Mystic River (2003)

Él se sintió intranquilo en la presencia de su padre.

He felt uneasy in his father’s presence.

Su padre come ahí dos veces a la semana.

His father eats there twice a week.

Ella preguntó por su padre.

She asked about her father.

Yo soy solo su padre.

I am just his father.

— Toni Erdmann (2016)

Le puse el nombre de su padre.

I named him after his father.

Su padre no juega al golf.

His father doesn't play golf.

Tú no eres su padre.

You are not his father.

— Rental Family (Familia de alquiler) (2025)

Su padre era el hermano mayor de mi padre.

His father was my father's older brother.

— Los pecadores (2025)

Entonces empezó su padre y los dos pasarán la noche en la cárcel.

Then his father started it, and both of them will spend the night in jail.

— Caché (Escondido) (2005)

Tom espera no convertirse en un adicto al trabajo como su padre.

Tom hopes he won't become a workaholic like his father.

Él no es menos inteligente que su padre.

He is no less intelligent than his father.

Él no es capaz de abrir la boca delante de su padre.

He can't open his mouth in front of his father.

Me sorprendió lo mucho que él se parecía a su padre.

I was surprised by how much he resembled his father.

Su padre no vendrá, está muy ocupado.

Her father won’t come; he’s very busy.

No he visto a la pequeña salvaje desde que murió su padre.

I haven't seen the little wild one since her father died.

— La venganza de Manon (1986)

María se asemeja a su padre.

Maria resembles her father.

Esa mujer es su padre.

That woman is his father.

— Todo sobre mi madre (1999)

Su padre es alto.

His father is tall.

Yo soy su padre.

I am his father.

Es menos impaciente que su padre.

He is less impatient than his father.

Ella está preocupada por la salud de su padre.

She is worried about her father's health.

Pero es como su padre.

But he's like his father.

— मुन्ना भाई एम बी बी एस (2003)

Él nunca presta atención a lo que su padre dice.

He never pays attention to what his father says.

Su padre quedó desempleado hace poco tiempo.

His father recently became unemployed.

Tom le preguntó a su padre si podía ir al cine.

Tom asked his father if he could go to the movies.

No conozco a su padre.

I don't know his father.

— La cinta blanca (2009)

Se dice que su padre murió en un accidente de tránsito.

It is said that his father died in a traffic accident.

Su padre es físico.

His father is a physicist.

Este sobre está destinado a su padre.

This envelope is addressed to your father.

— Incendies (2010)

Su padre se quedó inválido como consecuencia de un ataque al corazón.

His father became disabled as a result of a heart attack.

Jovencito, la muerte de su padre es dolorosa pero me niego a que me implique.

Young man, your father’s death is painful, but I refuse to let you drag me into it.

— Caché (Escondido) (2005)

Su padre es un impostor.

Her father is an imposter.

Él tiene miedo de su padre.

He is afraid of his father.

Es mucho más alto que su padre.

He is much taller than his father.

Su padre, mi marido, está en uno de esos aviones ahora mismo.

Her father, my husband, is on one of those planes right now.

— Greenland: El último refugio (2020)

Ella comió tanta carne como su padre.

She ate as much meat as her father.

Un hijo debe nacer donde esté su padre.

A child should be born where his father is.

— El laberinto del fauno (2006)

Por suerte, se parece mucho a su padre.

Luckily, he looks a lot like his father.

— Nadie sabe (2004)

Su padre está en el castillo de Brunwald en la frontera de Austria y Alemania.

His father is in Brunwald Castle on the border of Austria and Germany.

— Indiana Jones y la última cruzada (1989)

Él dijo que su padre estaba enfermo, pero eso fue una mentira.

He said his father was sick, but that was a lie.

Él me ha dicho que su padre está muerto.

He told me that his father is dead.

Un día, cuando él preguntó sobre su padre le dije que Ramadhir lo mandó a matar.

One day, when he asked about his father, I told him that Ramadhir had ordered his murder.

— Gangs of Wasseypur. Parte 1 (2012)

El señor Brown es su padre.

Mr. Brown is his father.

Y sin duda su padre será joven.

And no doubt her father will be young.

— La dolce vita (1960)

He vendido la casa que su padre le dio.

I sold the house that his father gave him.

— Deseo, peligro (2007)

Su padre fue asesinado, me quedé para vengarme.

His father was murdered, I stayed to avenge him.

— Una gran mujer (Beanpole) (2019)

Tom me recuerda a su padre.

Tom reminds me of his father.

Es más bajo que su padre.

He is shorter than his father.

Ellos preguntaron por su padre.

They asked about their father.

Por lo menos su padre piensa en ustedes.

At least your father thinks about you.

— Dangal (2016)

Siento mucho lo de su padre.

I'm very sorry about your father.

— SEND HELP (Enviad ayuda) (2026)

Creí que su padre debía darle su nombre.

I thought his father should have given him his name.

De todos los hombres, incluso el de su padre, creo.

Of all men, even his father, I think.

— Indiana Jones y la última cruzada (1989)

Ella no quería decepcionar a su padre.

She didn't want to disappoint her father.

Su padre le dio esto a usted?

Did your father give this to you?

— Tumbbad (2018)

Será peor que su padre.

He'll be worse than his father.

— Un simple accidente (2025)

Es su padre.

He is his father.

Es como su padre.

He's like his father.

— Sin amor (2017)

Confía en mí, soy su padre.

Trust me, I'm his father.

— Estrellas en la Tierra (2007)

La madre de Tom es de Hamburgo y su padre de Múnich.

Tom's mother is from Hamburg and his father is from Munich.

Estamos hablando de su padre.

We're talking about his father.

— Vivir (1952)

Él tomó el control del negocio después de que su padre muriera.

He took control of the business after his father died.

Llamaré a su padre a Ginebra.

I will call your father in Geneva.

— Suspiria (1977)

Bill odia que su padre fume tanto.

Bill hates that his father smokes so much.

Porque su padre estaba trabajando allí.

Because his father was working there.

La hermana de su padre o de su madre es su tía.

Your father's or mother's sister is your aunt.

Pero me acordaba de su dirección y que su padre era psiquiatra.

But I remembered her address and that her father was a psychiatrist.

— Hable con ella (2002)

Él es un poco como su padre.

He's a bit like his father.

Su padre dice lo correcto.

His father is right.

— Tropa de élite 2 (2010)

Dijo que su padre estaba enfermo, lo cual era una mentira.

He said his father was sick, which was a lie.

Ella lloró al ver el cadáver de su padre.

She cried when she saw her father's corpse.

No soy su padre pero la quiero como tú.

I'm not her father, but I love her like you do.

— Mañana empieza todo (2016)

Mi papá bailaba, y su padre antes que él.

My dad danced, and his father before him.

Estudió leyes en Harvard y luego entró a la Marina, por su padre.

He studied law at Harvard and then joined the Navy, following in his father's footsteps.

— Algunos hombres buenos (1992)

Su padre no permaneció en el Oeste por que había otra mujer.

Her father did not stay in the West because there was another woman.

— Good bye, Lenin! (2003)

Él no quería decepcionar a su padre.

He didn’t want to disappoint his father.

Ella le prometió a su padre que llegaría a tiempo para almorzar.

She promised her father that she would arrive in time for lunch.

Antes de morir su padre dijo que él no había sido.

Before he died, his father said that he hadn't done it.

— Caché (Escondido) (2005)

Su padre era policía.

His father was a policeman.

Tom eligió vivir con su padre en vez de con su madre.

Tom chose to live with his father instead of his mother.

Sami fue abandonado por su padre canadiense en Egipto.

Sami was abandoned by his Canadian father in Egypt.

Tengo un amigo que su padre es un pianista conocido.

I have a friend whose father is a well-known pianist.

Él no es menos listo que su padre.

He is no less clever than his father.

Paul fue a la fiesta en lugar de su padre.

Paul went to the party instead of his father.

Le pusieron Robert, como su padre.

They named him Robert, after his father.

Akira ocupa el mismo diccionario que ocupaba su padre de estudiante.

Akira uses the same dictionary that his father used as a student.

Su padre perdió su trabajo hace poco tiempo.

Her father recently lost his job.

Que nunca estaría mal lo que hiciera su padre.

That whatever his father did would never be wrong.

— Mystic River (2003)

Su padre es conservador y anticuado.

His father is conservative and old-fashioned.

Ellas preguntaron por su padre.

They asked about their father.

Ella conoce las noticias mejor que su padre.

She knows the news better than her father.

Su padre se cayó de un tren.

His father fell off a train.

— Perdición (1944)

Tom luce como su padre.

Tom looks just like his father.

Se ven más y más como su padre.

They look more and more like their father.

— Good bye, Lenin! (2003)

Su padre es policía.

His father is a police officer.

El hombre que está leyendo el diario es su padre.

The man reading the newspaper is his father.

Cómo está su padre?

How is your father?

— Malèna (2000)

Él fue allí en lugar de su padre.

He went there in place of his father.

Su padre siempre vuelve tarde a casa.

His father always comes home late.

Pero por temor a su padre, el Führer, nunca la envió.

But out of fear of her father, the Führer, she never sent it.

— 3 Idiots (2009)

Asesinaron a su padre, su madre se suicidó.

His father was murdered, his mother committed suicide.

— Las invasiones bárbaras (2003)

Pero su padre sigue visitando a la reina.

But his father still visits the queen.

— मुन्ना भाई एम बी बी एस (2003)

Su padre es un taxista.

His father is a taxi driver.

Él me dijo que su padre era médico.

He told me that his father was a doctor.

Él es dueño de este hotel gracias a su padre.

He owns this hotel thanks to his father.

Gracias a Dios que no se parecía a su padre.

Thank God he didn't look like his father.

— Encontré al diablo (2010)

Cuando su padre se fue para siempre, la casa se volvió más ligera.

When her father left for good, the house became lighter.

— Valor sentimental (2025)

Su padre está en forma.

His father is in shape.

— Retrato de una mujer en llamas (2019)

Tom quiere que su padre sea enterrado al lado de su madre.

Tom wants his father to be buried next to his mother.

Él es su padre.

He is her father.

A Bill no le gusta el hecho de que su padre fume mucho.

Bill doesn't like the fact that his father smokes a lot.

La puerta se abrió repentinamente y entró su padre.

The door suddenly opened and his father entered.

Su padre ha dejado la escuela por vergüenza.

His father has dropped out of school out of shame.

— Malèna (2000)

Ella no se limita a lavar dinero como su padre.

She doesn't just launder money like her father.

— Ahora me ves 3 (2025)

El hombre que pensé que era su padre resultó ser un perfecto extraño.

The man I thought was her father turned out to be a complete stranger.

Fue su padre.

It was his father.

— El club de los poetas muertos (1989)

Bueno, si se trata de su padre, no soy la persona indicada.

Well, if it's about your father, I'm not the right person.

— Toni Erdmann (2016)

Fue en Tokio donde conocí a su padre.

It was in Tokyo where I met his father.

Que es su padre y está muy enfermo.

That he is her father and he is very ill.

— Todo sobre mi madre (1999)

Su padre les pidió a todos que estuvieran en casa mañana.

Their father asked them all to be home tomorrow.

Hermano, no puedo interponerme entre usted y su padre.

Brother, I cannot come between you and your father.

— Malcolm X (1992)

Ella le preguntó cómo estaba su padre.

She asked him how his father was.

Él está orgulloso de que su padre fuera un científico famoso.

He is proud that his father was a famous scientist.

Cuidó de su madre después de que muriera su padre.

She took care of her mother after her father died.

Tú eres su padre.

You are his father.

Me gustaría conocer a su padre.

I would like to meet his father.

Y su padre es el botones.

And his father is the bellboy.

Su padre murió de cáncer de pulmón hace seis meses.

Her father died of lung cancer six months ago.

Ken preguntó por su padre.

Ken asked about his father.

Él no cree que su padre vaya a volver.

He doesn't think his father is coming back.

Al jubilarse su padre, él heredó el negocio.

When his father retired, he inherited the business.

Su padre abandonó la escuela.

His father dropped out of school.

— Thirst (2009)

Tienes que entender que ella no es su padre.

You have to understand that she is not her father.

El primer hombre, para una chica, es su padre.

For a girl, the first man in her life is her father.

— Las invasiones bárbaras (2003)

Tom es más alto que su padre.

Tom is taller than his father.

La madre de Tom vive en Boston, y su padre vive en Chicago.

Tom's mother lives in Boston, and his father lives in Chicago.

Su padre no confía en él.

His father doesn't trust him.

Vengan a ver a su padre.

Come see your father.

Tom es el hermano de Mary, no su padre.

Tom is Mary’s brother, not her father.

Su padre dirige varias empresas.

His father runs several companies.

Igual que su padre.

Just like his father.

Cuando ella tenía tres años, murió su padre.

When she was three years old, her father died.

Conozco a su padre.

I know his father.

Dicen que su abuelo y su padre eran muy queridos.

They say that his grandfather and his father were very well-liked.

— El médico de Budapest (2020)

No, su padre.

No, his father.

— La dolce vita (1960)

Es simpático su padre, es simpático.

His father is nice, he's nice.

— La gran belleza (2013)

Es por Lola, por lo que le hiciste a su padre.

It's because of Lola, because of what you did to her father.

— Perdición (1944)

El chico piensa que su padre vendrá por él algún sábado.

The boy thinks his father will come for him one Saturday.

— Los chicos del coro (2004)

Me sorprendió lo mucho que se parecía a su padre.

I was surprised by how much he looked like his father.

Su padre no va a venir, está muy ocupado.

Her father isn't coming, he's very busy.

Karan Singhania mató a su padre antes de venir aquí.

Karan Singhania killed his father before coming here.

— Rang De Basanti (2006)

Su padre era un director de un periódico en Moldavia.

His father was a newspaper director in Moldova.

Tiene tantos libros como su padre.

He has as many books as his father.

Es el hijo de su padre.

He is his father's son.

— Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988)

El malicioso hijo amaba a su padre.

The malicious son loved his father.

Ella besó a su padre en la mejilla.

She kissed her father on the cheek.

Ahora tengo dos hijos extraordinarios investigando la muerte de su padre.

Now I have two extraordinary children investigating their father's death.

— Los hermanos demolición (2026)

Su padre puede permitirse el darle una gran paga cada mes.

His father can afford to give him a large allowance every month.

Su padre es el hombre que ha desaparecido.

Her father is the man who has disappeared.

— Indiana Jones y la última cruzada (1989)

Ella no le prestó atención a lo que dijo su padre.

She didn't pay attention to what her father said.

Oí que su padre está en otro país.

I heard that his father is in another country.

En un momento, puedo ser su entrenador o su padre.

One moment, I can be their coach or their father.

— Dangal (2016)

Tom es tan alto como su padre.

Tom is as tall as his father.

Su padre se lo llevó.

His father took him away.

— El ladrón (1997)

Tom tiene una barba, igual que su padre, sus abuelos y sus hermanos.

Tom has a beard, just like his father, his grandparents, and his brothers.

Al menos, su padre las considera como si fueran hijos.

At least their father regards them as if they were his own children.

— Dangal (2016)

Su padre es un excelente pianista.

His father is an excellent pianist.

Él de alguna manera se asemeja a su padre.

He is somewhat like his father.

Ella se casó en contra de la voluntad de su padre.

She got married against her father's wishes.

Su padre ya fue para allá.

His father already went over there.

— La cinta blanca (2009)

Hace que su padre se sienta orgulloso.

He makes his father proud.

— American Gangster (2007)

Actualmente su padre va a trabajar en auto.

Currently, his father goes to work by car.

Su padre estará orgulloso cuando se gradúe con honores el mes que viene.

Her father will be proud when she graduates with honors next month.

Él me dijo que su padre estaba muerto.

He told me that his father was dead.

Tom es mucho más talentoso que su padre.

Tom is much more talented than his father.

Es un médico como su padre.

He is a doctor like his father.

Yo debería ser su padre.

I should be his father.

— Una gran mujer (Beanpole) (2019)

Don Francisco, ¿su padre?

Don Francisco—your father?

— O Som ao Redor (2012)

Es igual a su padre.

He is just like his father.

Me encontré con su padre en la calle.

I ran into his father on the street.

Él desperdició aquello que había recibido de su padre.

He squandered what he had received from his father.

Su padre falleció en el hospital ayer por la noche.

Her father passed away in the hospital last night.

Su madre murió allí y su padre aquí en el hospital.

His mother died there, and his father here in the hospital.

— Fue la mano de Dios (2021)

Sardar es nada comparado con su padre, Shahid.

Sardar is nothing compared to his father, Shahid.

— Gangs of Wasseypur. Parte 1 (2012)

Conocía a su padre.

I knew his father.

— Hermano 2 (2000)

Está orgulloso de que su padre fuera un gran científico.

He is proud that his father was a great scientist.

Estaba allí como su padre, no como policía.

I was there as his father, not as a police officer.

— No se lo digas a nadie (2006)

El coronel dice que su padre es senador.

The colonel says that his father is a senator.

Su padre le dejó la casa en su testamento.

His father left him the house in his will.

Indiana Jones y su padre han huido.

Indiana Jones and his father have escaped.

— Indiana Jones y la última cruzada (1989)

Mary se parece mucho a la madre de su padre.

Mary looks a lot like her father's mother.

No es tan alto como su padre.

He is not as tall as his father.

Tonterías, él es su padre.

Nonsense, he's her father.

— Ponyo en el acantilado (2008)

Su padre lo mató.

His father killed him.

— El club de los poetas muertos (1989)

Me ha llamado su padre.

His father called me.

— Oppenheimer (2023)

Y su padre hará lo que tenga que hacer por los suyos.

And his father will do what he has to do for his family.

— Mystic River (2003)

Su padre dedicó su vida a la ciencia.

His father dedicated his life to science.

Una hija ha de casarse con quien su padre desee.

A daughter must marry whomever her father wishes.

— हम दिल दे चुके सनम (1999)

Se parece mucho a su padre.

He looks a lot like his father.