Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«Madre no hay más que una.»
Word for word
Mother there is no more than one.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: There's no one like your mother.
Said to express the unique and irreplaceable love of a mother. Common on Mother's Day or when comforting someone.
Hear it in a sentence
Madre no hay más que una, y por eso la llamo todos los días.
There's only one mother, and that's why I call her every day.
Why learn dichos?
Proverbs like this one are everywhere in spoken Spanish — dropped mid-conversation, usually just the first half, with the rest left for you to complete. Recognizing them is one of the fastest ways to sound less like a textbook and follow real speech. Every Lingocito edition signs off with the dicho del día, so you meet one a day next to news written at your exact level.