a su madre

to his/her mother

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phrase Common #3,172
to his/her mother Su can also mean “your” (formal) or “their”; context determines whose mother is meant. The a is used before a person as a direct object or means “to” with an indirect object.
SP: Le escribí a su madre.
EN: I wrote to his mother.

¿Tom ayudó ayer a su madre?

Did Tom help his mother yesterday?

El hijo le hizo una pregunta a su madre.

The son asked his mother a question.

Jamás volvería a ver a su madre.

He would never see his mother again.

Ha perseguido a su madre durante demasiado tiempo.

He’s been chasing his mother for far too long.

— Ofrenda a la tormenta (2020)

Tom le ayuda a su madre con la cena.

Tom helps his mother with dinner.

Escucharon a su madre.

They listened to their mother.

— Hamnet (2025)

Ella se asemeja a su madre en todos los sentidos.

She resembles her mother in every way.

Ella hizo feliz a su madre.

She made her mother happy.

Los domingos acompaña a su madre a la iglesia.

On Sundays he accompanies his mother to church.

— Gángster Americano (2007)

Destrozaré a su madre.

I will destroy his mother.

— Gangs of Wasseypur I (2012)

El niño extrañaba mucho a su madre.

The boy missed his mother very much.

Mañana iremos y le preguntaremos a su madre.

We'll go tomorrow and ask his mother.

— Horas de terror (1997)

El niño estaba solo en el patio esperando a su madre.

The boy was alone in the yard waiting for his mother.

Salió a su madre.

She takes after her mother.

— Perfectos desconocidos (2016)

Él escribe cartas a su madre.

He writes letters to his mother.

Está destinada a comerse a su madre.

She is destined to eat her mother.

— La única opción (2025)

Que le pregunte a su madre si estaba tan disgustada.

Ask her if her mother was so upset.

— Carandiru (2003)

Y me imagino que a su madre.

And I imagine his mother.

El niño le hizo una pregunta a su madre.

The boy asked his mother a question.

Ella no quería decepcionar a su madre.

She didn’t want to disappoint her mother.

De vez en cuando, le escribe a su madre una carta.

From time to time, he writes a letter to his mother.

María saludó a su madre con un beso.

Maria greeted her mother with a kiss.

¿Quieres que le pida perdón a su madre?

Do you want me to apologize to his mother?

— Señora venganza (2005)

Esos niños esperan a su madre.

Those children are waiting for their mother.

Le debe el éxito a su madre, que siempre creyó en él.

He owes his success to his mother, who always believed in him.

Verá morir a su madre como hiciste tú.

You will see your mother die just as you did.

— Scream 7 (2026)

El bebe está buscando a su madre.

The baby is looking for its mother.

¿Y a su madre, por qué la metieron presa?

And why did they put her mother in prison?

— Nazarín (1959)

No quiero que vuelva a perder a su madre.

I don't want him to lose his mother again.

— Locamente millonarios (2018)

Estamos consolando a su madre.

We are comforting his mother.

Ahí está el equipo médico que atiende a su madre.

There’s the medical team looking after his mother.

— Legado en los huesos (2019)

Ella le recuerda a su madre.

She reminds him of his mother.

No pienso que ella se parezca a su madre.

I don't think she looks like her mother.

Ah, ¡mira a los patitos siguiendo a su madre!

Ah, look at the ducklings following their mother!

Clavada a su madre.

Just like her mother.

— La Nuit américaine (1973)

Es muy doloroso que una hija no quiera a su madre.

It’s very painful when a daughter doesn’t love her mother.

— Volver (2006)

Fred le escribió una larga carta a su madre.

Fred wrote a long letter to his mother.

Ella se parece muchísimo a su madre.

She looks a lot like her mother.

¡Tienen a su madre!

They have their mother!

— Depredador: Tierras salvajes (2025)

¿Ellos extrañan a su madre?

Do they miss their mother?

El niño se aferra a su madre.

The child clings to his mother.

Jooyeon se parecerá a su madre.

Jooyeon will look like her mother.

— Yo vi al diablo (2010)

Va a aceptar la cirugía, porque quiere a su madre.

He is going to agree to the surgery because he loves his mother.

— Marty Supremo (2025)

Ya puede llamar a su madre.

You can call your mother now.

— El salario del miedo (1953)

Él cuidó a su madre después de la muerte de su padre.

He took care of his mother after his father’s death.

No encuentro que ella se parezca a su madre.

I don't think she looks like her mother.

Él no quería decepcionar a su madre.

He didn't want to disappoint his mother.

Como yo, él también perdió a su madre cuando era niño.

Like me, he also lost his mother when he was a child.

— Hackers: Ningún sistema es seguro (2014)

Llegará el tren y no habrá nadie para recibir a su madre.

The train will arrive and there will be no one to meet his mother.

— Érase una vez en el Oeste (1968)

Precisamente el doctor Berasategui atiende a su madre.

Dr. Berasategui is the one treating your mother.

— Legado en los huesos (2019)

El bebé necesita a su madre.

The baby needs its mother.

Tengo que devolver un bebé a su madre que trabaja por aquí.

I have to return a baby to its mother who works around here.

— Dos son familia (2016)

Nosotros visitamos a su madre en la cabaña.

We visited his mother at the cabin.

— El viento que acaricia el prado (2006)

Mary le dio la bienvenida a su madre con un beso.

Mary welcomed her mother with a kiss.

Ella repetía lo que había oído a su madre.

She repeated what she had heard from her mother.

Él nunca olvida escribir a su madre cada semana.

He never forgets to write to his mother every week.

Estaba visitando a su madre adoptiva.

She was visiting her adoptive mother.

Podemos dejar atrás a Seamus, dejar atrás a su madre.

We can leave Seamus behind, leave his mother behind.

— Espantoso (2026)

Y quise mucho a su madre.

And I loved his mother very much.

— Bacurau (2019)

Mandó flores a su madre.

He sent flowers to his mother.

No pasa una semana sin que le escriba a su madre.

Not a week goes by without him writing to his mother.

Ella me recuerda mucho a su madre.

She reminds me a lot of her mother.

Visitó a su madre.

He visited his mother.

Mary está ayudando a su madre.

Mary is helping her mother.

¿Una niña que perdió a su madre?

A girl who lost her mother?

— Suzume (2022)

Las dos se parecen mucho a su madre.

The two of them look a lot like their mother.

— Tu nombre (2016)

Tuvieron que llevar a su madre al hospital.

They had to take their mother to the hospital.

Pero quería encontrar a su madre.

But he wanted to find his mother.

— Incendios (2010)

Ella tampoco le habla a su madre.

She doesn't speak to her mother either.

— बजरंगी भाईजान (2015)

Encontré a su madre muerta.

I found his mother dead.

He interrogado a su madre.

I questioned his mother.

— Hackers: Ningún sistema es seguro (2014)

Un hijo no debe dejar sola a su madre enferma.

A son should not leave his sick mother alone.

— მონანიება (1987)

Comprar un motel en otra ciudad donde no deba esconder a su madre.

Buy a motel in another city where he doesn't have to hide his mother.

— Psicosis (1960)