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a su padre

his/her father

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phrase Common #2,900
his/her father The “a” marks a person as the object of the verb and is usually not translated. “Su” can also mean “your” (formal) or “their,” depending on context.
SP: Voy a visitar a su padre mañana.
EN: I'm going to visit his father tomorrow.

Y todos recordamos a su padre.

And we all remember 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.

— El tigre y el dragón (2000)

Ella ve a su jefe como a su padre.

She sees her boss as her father.

Él respeta a su padre.

He respects his father.

Vengan a ver a su padre.

Come see your father.

Él abrazó a su padre.

He hugged 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.

Él de alguna manera se asemeja a su padre.

He is somewhat like his father.

Ella cuidó a su padre hasta su muerte.

She cared for her father until his death.

A su padre también.

His father, too.

— Escondido (2005)

Ustedes no se parecen a su padre.

You don't look like your father.

El muchacho le contestó a su padre.

The boy answered his father.

Voy a ayudar a enterrar a su padre.

I'm going to help bury your father.

— Las flores de la guerra (2011)

Él le hace preguntas a su padre.

He asks his father questions.

Denle un abrazo a su padre.

Give your father a hug.

— Familia (2023)

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

He bought a book and gave it to his father.

Nosotros ya le hemos pedido un favor a su padre.

We have already asked her father for a favor.

¿Le ha dicho a su padre lo que acaba de decirme?

Have you told your father what you just told me?

— La Sociedad de los Poetas Muertos (1989)

Él se asemeja a su padre en su manera de hablar.

He resembles his father in the way he speaks.

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

Peter looks more like his mother than his father.

A su padre.

To his father.

— El Campo de los Sueños (1989)

¿Qué le gusta a su padre?

What does his father like?

Dice que no puede recordar a su padre.

He says he can't remember his father.

— El hombre de la tierra (2007)

Tienen que operar a su padre del corazón.

They have to operate on his father's heart.

De niño adoraba a su padre.

As a child, he adored his father.

Yo admiraba a su padre.

I admired his father.

Ella no quería decepcionar a su padre.

She didn't want to disappoint her father.

Lo dejé a su padre.

I left him with his father.

— Dos son familia (2016)

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

He owes everything he is today to his father.

Él lo mató para vengar a su padre.

He killed him to avenge his father.

¿Que han trasladado a su padre?

What have they transferred their father to?

— Cinema Paradiso (1988)

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

He asked her to help his father clean the garage.

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.

— Sonidos vecinos (2012)

¿Era muy unido a su padre?

Was he very close to his father?

— Sin novedad en el frente (2022)

¿Ha ido a Elizondo a ver a su padre?

Have you been to Elizondo to see your father?

— Legado en los huesos (2019)

El niño vio morir a su padre.

The boy saw his father die.

Tom quiere perdonar a su padre por abandonarlo.

Tom wants to forgive his father for abandoning him.

¿Ha venido a ver a su padre?

Did you come to see your father?

— “Cumbres Borrascosas” (2026)

¿Qué le ocurrió a su padre?

What happened to his father?

— El Campo de los Sueños (1989)

Casi no le escribe a su padre.

He hardly ever writes to his father.

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

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

Ella quería que él le ayudara a su padre.

She wanted him to help her father.

María se asemeja a su padre.

Maria resembles her father.

Ha salido a su padre.

He takes after his father.

— El día del fin del mundo: Migración (2026)

Le dio una corbata a su padre.

He gave his father a tie.

Mis hijos necesitan a su padre.

My children need their father.

Naoto ha salido a su padre en su aspecto.

Naoto looks just like his father.

Perdió a su padre cuando tenía tres años.

She lost her father when she was three years old.

¿Por qué no le avisaste a su padre?

Why didn't you let his father know?

— Manon des sources (1986)

Tom abrazó a su padre.

Tom hugged his father.

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

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

— Manon des sources (1986)

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

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

— Pacto de sangre (1944)