su madre

his/her mother

→ su
phrase Very common #698
his/her mother Su can also mean your (formal) or their, so the exact meaning depends on context.
SP: Su madre vive en Madrid.
EN: His mother lives in Madrid.

Su madre me llamó antes.

His mother called me earlier.

— Train to Busan (2016)

El niño corrió hacia su madre.

The boy ran towards his mother.

Desearía que su madre fuera así en la película.

I wish his mother were like that in the movie.

— Valor sentimental (2025)

Soy el hermano de su madre.

I am her mother's brother.

— Divorcio a la italiana (1961)

Ella me pidió que me quedara hasta que su madre volviera a casa.

She asked me to stay until her mother came home.

Se hizo famoso gracias a su madre.

He became famous thanks to his mother.

Su madre aun no llenó el formulario.

Their mother hasn't filled out the form yet.

— मुन्ना भाई एम बी बी एस (2003)

Ella me dijo que su madre se lo había comprado.

She told me that her mother had bought it for her.

Su madre era maestra.

Her mother was a teacher.

Jane no es menos guapa que su madre.

Jane is no less beautiful than her mother.

Emi hizo que su madre le hiciera un vestido.

Emi had her mother make her a dress.

Su madre no quería hacerlo.

His mother didn’t want to do it.

Llamó a su madre.

He called his mother.

Ellos mataron a su madre.

They killed their mother.

— Avatar (2009)

, siento mucho lo de su madre.

Yes, I'm so sorry about your mother.

— TÁR (2022)

Su madre es la mujer más atractiva.

His mother is the most attractive woman.

Ella es guapa, como su madre.

She is beautiful, like her mother.

Su madre se avergonzó de él.

His mother was ashamed of him.

Ella es su madre.

She is his mother.

— Lazzaro feliz (2018)

El hijo de su madre.

That son of a bitch.

— Guardianes del día (2006)

Su madre estaba de pie en el umbral.

His mother was standing in the doorway.

Ella le ayudó a su madre a limpiar la casa.

She helped her mother clean the house.

Su madre se sentó a su izquierda.

His mother sat to his left.

Aquí tengo que decirles que es la decisión de su madre.

I have to tell you here that it's your mother's decision.

— Incendies (2010)

Su madre está enferma, está con ella.

Her mother is sick, she is with her.

— Deseando amar (2000)

Ella se asemeja a su madre en todos los sentidos.

She resembles her mother in every way.

La niña salió, probablemente detrás de su madre.

The girl left, probably behind her mother.

— El agente secreto (2025)

Su madre suspiró de alivio.

Her mother sighed with relief.

Me contó un pequeño secreto sobre su madre.

He told me a little secret about his mother.

Mary le prometió a su madre que la ayudaría con más frecuencia.

Mary promised her mother that she would help her more often.

Y ella es un poco joven para ser su madre.

And she's a little young to be his mother.

— El castillo ambulante (2004)

Al morir su madre, Amélie se queda a solas con su padre.

When her mother dies, Amélie is left alone with her father.

— Amelie (2001)

Su madre fue a los Estados Unidos a aprender inglés.

Her mother went to the United States to learn English.

Por favor, díselo a su madre.

Please tell his/her mother.

— Broker (2022)

Tom no piensa que Mary se vea como su madre.

Tom doesn't think Mary looks like her mother.

Él corrió hacia su madre en la biblioteca.

He ran towards his mother in the library.

Su madre tuvo otro paro cardíaco, tal como me lo temía.

His mother had another cardiac arrest, just as I feared.

— Good bye, Lenin! (2003)

Tom come todo lo que su madre le da.

Tom eats everything his mother gives him.

Su madre le había dicho mil veces que no aceptara cosas de extraños.

His mother had told him a thousand times not to accept things from strangers.

Si, es su madre.

Yes, she is his mother.

— También la lluvia (2011)

Soy Elaine, su madre.

I am Elaine, your mother.

— Casi famosos (2000)

A diferencia de su madre, ella es alta.

Unlike her mother, she is tall.

Su madre, Nawal.

Her mother, Nawal.

— Incendies (2010)

Su madre lo llevó al hospital.

His mother took him to the hospital.

— Quieto, muere, resucita (1990)

Sé que su madre está muy ocupada en el trabajo.

I know your mother is very busy at work.

— Arrietty y el mundo de los diminutos (2010)

ÉI no podría ser mi hermano, pero mi madre podría ser su madre.

He could not be my brother, but my mother could be his mother.

— El conformista (1971)

Solo se deja tocar la cara por su madre.

He only lets his mother touch his face.

— System crasher (2019)

Él no quería decepcionar a su madre.

He didn't want to disappoint his mother.

Tom llama a su madre una vez a la semana.

Tom calls his mother once a week.

Vi a su madre.

I saw his mother.

Su madre me va a matar.

His mother is going to kill me.

— Jojo Rabbit (2019)

, su madre.

Yes, his mother.

— Devdas (2002)

Rosa, su madre y su hermana están en Sao Paulo.

Rosa, her mother and her sister are in Sao Paulo.

Yo no soy su madre.

I am not his mother.

A su izquierda estaba sentada su madre.

His mother was sitting to his left.

María ayudó a su madre a cocinar.

Maria helped her mother cook.

En cuanto el niño vio a su madre, dejó de llorar.

As soon as the child saw his mother, he stopped crying.

Su madre era Judía.

His mother was Jewish.

— Jojo Rabbit (2019)

Seguro que su madre sabe dónde está el dinero y lo que hizo.

I'm sure his mother knows where the money is and what he did with it.

— Psicosis (1960)

Todas las mañanas ayuda a su madre a preparar el desayuno en la cocina.

Every morning she helps her mother prepare breakfast in the kitchen.

No es más guapa que su madre.

She isn't prettier than her mother.

Cielos, deberías saberlo, ¡eres su madre!

Good heavens, you should know, you're his mother!

— Sin conexión (2025)

Su madre no le enseñó nada.

His mother didn't teach him anything.

Su madre era una verdadera belleza.

His mother was a real beauty.

— La venganza de Manon (1986)

Tom guarda todas las cartas que su madre le manda.

Tom keeps all the letters his mother sends him.

Amaba a su madre.

He loved his mother.

Y su madre solo quería respuestas.

And her mother just wanted answers.

— Durante la tormenta (2018)

Ella llamó a su madre al teléfono.

She called her mother on the phone.

Su madre no quiso hacerlo.

His mother didn't want to do it.

Su madre es una buena pianista.

Her mother is a good pianist.

Soy su madre, después de todo.

I am his mother, after all.

— Una gran mujer (Beanpole) (2019)

Su madre se enojó con nosotros.

His mother got angry with us.

Su madre estaba ocupada haciendo la cena.

Her mother was busy making dinner.

Para consolar a Amélie, su madre le regala una Kodak Instamatic.

To comfort Amélie, her mother gives her a Kodak Instamatic.

— Amelie (2001)

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

Peter looks more like his mother than his father.

Jane creció más alta que su madre.

Jane grew taller than her mother.

Tuvo una depresión tras la muerte de su madre y acudió a mí.

She suffered from depression after her mother's death and came to me for help.

— Suspiria (1977)

Su madre seguirá trabajando.

Her mother will continue working.

Hanako se hizo más alta que su madre.

Hanako grew taller than her mother.

Al momento en que Norman mató a su madre y a su amante.

At the moment Norman killed his mother and her lover.

— Psicosis (1960)

Su madre está muy preocupada por él.

His mother is very worried about him.

Deseó que su madre no estuviera enfadada con ella.

She hoped her mother wasn't angry with her.

Su madre tenía razón.

His mother was right.

Su madre ha muerto y no se la han dejado ni ver.

Her mother has died and they haven't even let her see her.

— El último emperador (1987)

Ya puede llamar a su madre.

You can call your mother now.

— El salario del miedo (1953)

La chica se parecía a su madre.

The girl looked like her mother.

Su madre vino de la misma manera.

Her mother came the same way.

— Los cuatrocientos golpes (1959)

Ella es tan guapa como su madre.

She is as beautiful as her mother.

— El recuerdo de Marnie (2014)

Su madre le pregunto porque era justa.

His mother asked him why he was just.

— Queen (2014)

Se mete en la cama, entre su madre y yo.

He gets into bed, between his mother and me.

— La dolce vita (1960)

Le prestó atención a cada palabra que le dijo su madre antes de irse.

He paid attention to every word his mother said to him before leaving.

Su madre lo vio en la enfermería, ¿o no?

His mother saw him in the infirmary, didn't she?

— Pixote, la ley del más débil (1980)

El niño corrió hacia donde su madre.

The boy ran towards his mother.

Necesito la ayuda de su madre.

I need your mother's help.

— Ponyo en el acantilado (2008)

Al parecer, mataron a su madre y a su hermana.

Apparently, they killed his mother and sister.

— La infancia de Iván (1962)

Si le digo dónde está, ¿promete no decirle a su madre?

If I tell you where it is, do you promise not to tell your mother?

— Atrápame si puedes (2002)

No le cuentes a Tom que Mary no está pensando en ayudar a su madre.

Don't tell Tom that Mary isn't thinking about helping her mother.

Y ahí estaba como su madre la trajo al mundo.

And there she was, just as her mother had brought her into the world.

— Malèna (2000)

Él llamó a su madre desde el aeropuerto.

He called his mother from the airport.

Tom dijo que el perfume de María le recordó su madre.

Tom said that María’s perfume reminded him of his mother.

En él su madre había practicado su escritura.

In it, her mother had practiced her writing.

— It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012)

Su madre aparenta ser más joven de lo que es.

Her mother looks younger than she is.

Betty mató a su madre.

Betty killed her mother.

Ella es la viva imagen de su madre.

She is the spitting image of her mother.

Escuche, su madre está estacionando el auto.

Listen, your mother is parking the car.

— No hay otra opción (2025)

María llamó a su madre brasileña.

Maria called her Brazilian mother.

La semana pasada acompañé a mi amiga Rita, su madre está ahí.

Last week I accompanied my friend Rita; her mother is there.

— Perfectos desconocidos (2016)

Ella me dijo que su madre lo había comprado para ella.

She told me that her mother had bought it for her.

Su madre era de la familia Kennedy.

His mother was from the Kennedy family.

Como su madre, ella quiere que alguien haga algo.

Like her mother, she wants someone to do something.

Su madre no querría que ella esté aquí.

Her mother wouldn't want her to be here.

— बर्फी! (2012)

Su madre es dueña de todas las piñas de Hawái.

Her mother owns all the pineapples in Hawaii.

— Chicago (2002)

Tom estaba silbando una canción que su madre le enseñó.

Tom was whistling a song his mother taught him.

Tom es más alto que su madre.

Tom is taller than his mother.

Voy a llamar a su madre.

I'm going to call your mother.

Él siempre llama a su madre el día de su cumpleaños.

He always calls his mother on her birthday.

Ha sido cliente nuestro, su madre también.

He has been a client of ours, and so has his mother.

— Durante la tormenta (2018)

Su madre regresó.

His mother returned.

Ella no es su hermana, es su madre.

She isn't his sister; she's his mother.

Ella es su madre real.

She is his real mother.

Esa es su madre.

That is his mother.

Tom espera heredar mucho dinero cuando su madre muera.

Tom expects to inherit a lot of money when his mother dies.

Siempre que la veo me acuerdo de su madre.

Whenever I see her, I think of her mother.

Su madre estaba contenta con las notas del colegio.

His mother was happy with his school grades.

Ella ayudó a su madre a cuidar del bebé.

She helped her mother take care of the baby.

Entonces su madre la conoció.

So his mother met her.

— Psicosis (1960)

Su madre se queja constantemente de ello.

His mother constantly complains about it.

Su madre está en coma.

His mother is in a coma.

— Good bye, Lenin! (2003)

Ni siquiera sabe que él mató a su madre.

He doesn't even know that he killed his mother.

— Old Boy (2003)

Su madre sintió vergüenza por él.

His mother felt ashamed of him.

Usted es su madre.

You are her mother.

— Los chicos del coro (2004)

Su madre falleció ayer.

His mother passed away yesterday.

Ella no quería decepcionar a su madre.

She didn’t want to disappoint her mother.

Sí, soy su madre.

Yes, I am his mother.

Su madre tiene razón.

His mother is right.

— Parásitos (2019)

Ella es tan buena cocinera como su madre.

She is as good a cook as her mother.

Entiendo que está deprimida, como su madre.

I understand that she is depressed, like her mother.

— Valor sentimental (2025)

Su madre la echó de su casa.

Her mother kicked her out of the house.

— Hamnet (2025)

Igual que su madre.

Just like her mother.

— Todo a la vez en todas partes (2022)

Lamento tener que decir esto, pero su madre aún está en peligro.

I'm sorry to have to say this, but your mother is still in danger.

— Good bye, Lenin! (2003)

Está mezclado con muchas cosas sobre su madre.

It's mixed with a lot of things about his mother.

— Valor sentimental (2025)

Su madre vive sola en el campo.

Her mother lives alone in the countryside.

Él tomó la iniciativa de ayudar a su madre a hacer las tareas de la casa.

He took the initiative to help his mother with the housework.

Él le dijo a su madre que estudiaría al día siguiente.

He told his mother that he would study the next day.

Ella debería ayudar a su madre.

She should help her mother.

Su madre llamó a la puerta.

Her mother knocked on the door.

El otro día su madre falleció en el hospital.

The other day his mother passed away in the hospital.

Asesinaron a su padre, su madre se suicidó.

His father was murdered, his mother committed suicide.

— Las invasiones bárbaras (2003)

Mary rezó para que su madre la perdonara.

Mary prayed for her mother to forgive her.

Richard dijo que su madre estaba enferma, lo que es una mentira.

Richard said his mother was sick, which is a lie.

En el instante en que la niña vio a su madre rompió a llorar.

The moment the girl saw her mother, she burst into tears.

Su madre me lo suplicó en su lecho de muerte.

Her mother begged me on her deathbed.

— Asesinos (2015)

No podía procesar que su madre desapareciera repentinamente.

He couldn't process the fact that his mother had suddenly disappeared.

— Suzume (2022)

Ella no es más bonita que su madre.

She isn't prettier than her mother.

Eco se durmió junto a su madre soñando con la cueva de los murciélagos.

Echo fell asleep next to her mother, dreaming of the bat cave.

Es un poco como su madre.

She's a bit like her mother.

Su madre dice que le empezó cuando fue alumno de Fletcher.

His mother says it started when he was a student of Fletcher.

— Whiplash (2014)

Siente que eres su madre.

They feel that you are their mother.

— Valor sentimental (2025)

Su madre no le dejó montar una moto.

His mother wouldn’t let him ride a motorcycle.

Chul-sung te advirtió que mataría a su esposo si su madre moría.

Chul-sung warned you that he would kill her husband if his mother died.

— Decision to Leave (2022)

El bebé caminó con la ayuda de su madre.

The baby walked with the help of his mother.

Lo vi ser regañado por su madre.

I saw him being scolded by his mother.

Su madre era muy atractiva.

Her mother was very attractive.

— Los Tenenbaums. Una familia de genios (2001)

Debe ser muy duro para usted sin su madre.

It must be very hard for you without your mother.

— Arrietty y el mundo de los diminutos (2010)

Ellos son Kilobyte, Megabyte y su madre Gigabyte.

They are Kilobyte, Megabyte, and their mother Gigabyte.

— 3 Idiots (2009)

Ella me enseñó una foto de su madre de pequeña como alumna.

She showed me a picture of her mother as a young girl in school.

Su madre no quiere volver a arriesgarse.

Her mother doesn’t want to risk it again.

— Rental Family (Familia de alquiler) (2025)

El chico y su madre se mudaron al cabo de un tiempo y no supe nada más de él.

The boy and his mother moved away after a while and I never heard from him again.

— Durante la tormenta (2018)

Tanto su padre como su madre están muertos.

Both his father and his mother are dead.

No trata sobre su madre.

It’s not about his mother.

— Valor sentimental (2025)

Su madre es profesora de inglés.

Her mother is an English teacher.

Mañana iremos y le preguntaremos a su madre.

We'll go tomorrow and ask his mother.

— Funny Games (1997)

Se ha puesto peor su madre.

Her mother has gotten worse.

— Los lunes al sol (2002)

Su madre se enfadó con nosotros.

His mother got angry with us.

El mejor amigo de un chico es su madre.

A boy's best friend is his mother.

— Psicosis (1960)

Su madre estaba desesperada.

Her mother was desperate.

— Perfectos desconocidos (2016)

No sé si mis hijas estén preparadas para que su madre salga con alguien.

I don't know if my daughters are ready for their mother to date someone.

— Roofman: Un ladrón en el tejado (2025)

Ha sido de gran ayuda para su madre patria.

He has been of great help to his motherland.

— Ha vuelto (2015)

Jane acabó siendo más alta que su madre.

Jane ended up being taller than her mother.

João, he traído a las niñas porque su madre está en el médico.

João, I’ve brought the girls because their mother is at the doctor’s.

— O Som ao Redor (2012)

Su madre se suicidó.

Her mother committed suicide.

— Who Am I: Ningún sistema es seguro (2014)

Él dijo que su madre no lo ama.

He said that his mother doesn’t love him.

Yo soy su madre.

I am his mother.

Usted dijo que conocía a su madre.

You said you knew his mother.

Su madre está escribiendo una carta.

His mother is writing a letter.

Vi como le regañaba su madre.

I saw his mother scolding him.

Dígale a su madre que le vigile la tensión.

Tell your mother to monitor your blood pressure.

— Todo sobre mi madre (1999)

Su madre te llama.

Your mother is calling you.

Mary le prometió a su madre que la ayudaría más a menudo.

Mary promised her mother that she would help her more often.

Ella es tan bella como su madre.

She is as beautiful as her mother.

Su madre ha ido de compras.

Her mother has gone shopping.

Su madre vino a recogerla.

Her mother came to pick her up.

Su madre le hizo un vestido nuevo.

Her mother made her a new dress.

Ha sido elegida, como lo fue su madre antes.

She has been elected, as her mother was before her.

— Atlantis: El imperio perdido (2001)

Me la contó su madre.

Her mother told me about it.

— Psicosis (1960)

Aquí dice que su madre sigue buscándole desesperadamente.

It says here that his mother is still desperately searching for him.

— La piel que habito (2011)

No creo que sea su madre.

I don't think she's his mother.

— Valor sentimental (2025)

Su madre.

Her mother.

— Casi famosos (2000)

Su madre lo recibió con lágrimas en sus ojos.

His mother greeted him with tears in her eyes.

Guardaba el recuerdo de su madre en una foto vieja que llevaba siempre en la cartera.

He kept the memory of his mother in an old photograph that he always carried in his wallet.