Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«Madre no hay más que una.»
¿Cómo se dice «Madre no hay más que una» en inglés? There's no one like your mother.
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.
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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.
More Spanish sayings
- Cada oveja con su pareja. — Birds of a feather flock together.
- Donde hay amor, hay dolor. — Where there is love, there is pain.
- La paciencia es la madre de la ciencia. — Patience is the mother of science.
- El amor todo lo puede. — Love conquers all.
- Mañana será otro día. — Tomorrow is another day.
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