Mother – la madre

PRONUNCIATION

(Pronounced mah-drey)

To remember that mother is pronounced mah-drey (madre) in Spanish, use the following mnemonic:

The mother was angry with the mad ray (madre) for attacking her daughter.

As you would expect, madre is feminine, so it’s la madre. Imagine a mother who generally behaves like a true lady – but sometime lets the family down.

Examples of madre (mother) in a sentence

Su madre prepara la cena cada noche.

(Her mother makes dinner every night.)

Extraño mucho a mi madre cuando estoy lejos de casa.

(I miss my mother a lot when I am far from home.)

La madre de Juan habla tres idiomas.

(Juan's mother speaks three languages.)