Proverb Resources

Spanish proverbs and sayings
with their English equivalents

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300 Proverbs and Sayings / Proverbios y Refranes
Compiled by / Compilado por '> Berta Alicia Chen
Revised 5 Aug 2000

SPANISH	ENGLISH
A beber y a tragar, que el mundo se va a acabar.	Eat, drink and be merry (for tomorrow we die).
A buen(a) hambre, no hay mal pan / pan duro, (ni falta salsa a ninguno) /no hace falta condimento. A mucha hambre, no hay pan duro. Al hambre de siete dias, no hay pan duro.	Beggars can't be choosers. For a good appetite there is no hard bread.
A cada puerco le llega su sabado / San Martin.	Everyone gets his comeuppance in the end / just deserts sooner or later.
A diario una manzana es cosa sana.	An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
A donde el corazon se inclina, el pie camina.	Home is where the heart is.
A donde te quieren mucho no vengas a menudo.	A constant guest is never welcome.
A falta de pan, buenas son (las) tortas / las tortas son buenas.	We'll just have to make do.
A la ocasion la pintan calva.	You have to make the most of the chances that come your way. You have to strike while the iron is hot.
A los tontos no les dura el dinero.	A fool and his money are soon parted.
A mas honor, mas dolor.	The more danger, the more honor.
A palabras necias, oidos sordos.	Take no notice of the stupid things people say.
A pan de quince dias, hambre de tres semanas.	Beggars can't be choosers. For a good appetite there is no hard bread. Hunger is good kitchen. Hunger is the best sauce. Hunger never saw bad bread / food. When one is hungry everything tastes good.
A quien cuida la peseta nunca le falta un duro.	Look after the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves.
A quien Dios ama, le llama.	Whom the gods love die young.
A quien no le sobra pan, no crie can.	Never spend your money before you have it.
A quien Dios quiere para si, poco tiempo lo tiene aqui.	Whom the gods love die young.
A rey muerto, rey puesto.	As soon as one goes out the window, another comes in the door.
A todos les llega su momento de gloria.	Every dog has its day.
Abundancia y soberbia andan en pareja.	Plenty breed pride.
Al buen pagador no le duelen prendas.	A good payer will not object to leaving a deposit.
Al desdichado hace consuelo tener compania en su suerte y duelo.	Two in distress makes sorrow less.
Al freir sera el reir (y al pagar sera el llorar).	At the game's end we shall see who gains.
Al que no quiera(e) caldo / taza, (se le dan) taza y media / dos / tres / siete tazas.	It never rains, but it pours.
Al vivo la hogaza y al muerto, la mortaja.	We must live by the living, not by the dead.
Algo es algo; menos es nada.	Half a loaf is better than no bread.
Amar es tiempo perdido, si no se es correspondido. Amar y no ser amado es tiempo mal empleado. Amar, horas perdidas, sino son correspondidas. Amor no correspondido, tiempo perdido.	Of all pains, the greatest pain, is to love, but love in vain.
Amigo y vino, el mas antiguo.	Old friends and old wine and old gold are best.
Amor con amor se paga; y lo demas con dinero.	Love does much, money does everything.
Amor no respeta ley, ni obedece a rey.	Love laughs at locksmiths.
Aquellos polvos traen estos lodos.	The chickens have come home to roost. You're suffering the consequences now.
Ausencia al mas amigo presto le pone en olvido. Ausencias causan olvido.	Long absent, soon forgotten.
Borra con el codo lo que escribe con la mano.	Her left hand doesn't know what her right hand is doing.
Borron y cuenta nueva.	Let bygones be bygones.
Cada uno en su casa, y Dios en la de todos.	Each to his own and God watching over everyone.
Cada uno es / era de su padre y de su madre.	They are / were all different.
Cada uno habla de la feria segun le va en ella.	Everyone sees things from his / her own point of view.
Cada uno sabe (a) donde le aprieta el zapato.	Each person knows where problems lie.
Chancho limpio nunca engorda.	A few germs never hurt anyone.
Comer hasta enfermar y ayunar hasta sanar.	He that eats till he is sick must fast till he is well.
Comida hecha, compania deshecha.	When good cheer is lacking, our friends will be packing.
Comiendo entra la gana.	Appetite comes with eating.
Como (que) dos y dos son cuatro.	As sure as eggs is eggs / (God made) little green apples / night follows day / the day is long.
Como quien oye llover.	It's like water off a duck's back.
Con el tiempo y la paciencia se adquiere la ciencia.	Patience, time, and money accommodate all things.
Con esperanza no se come.	Honor buys no meat in the market. Hope is a good breakfast but a bad supper.
Con la honra no se pone la olla.	Honor buys no meat in the market.
Con paciencia y con mana, un elefante se comio una arana. Con paciencia y saliva, un elefante se tiro a una hormiga.	Little strokes fell great oaks.
Con su pan se lo coma.	It's his / her own lookout / tough luck.
Con un cambio de actividad se renuevan las energias.	A change is as good as a rest.
Consejo es de sabios perdonar injurias y olvidar agravios.	To err is human, to forgive divine.
Consejo no pedido, consejo mal oido.	Never give advice unasked.
Cortesia de boca gana mucho a poca costa / mucho consigue y nada cuesta..	A soft answer turneth away wrath.
Cria fama y echate a dormir.	Give a dog a bad name (and hang it).
Cuando de vista te pierdo, si te vi ya no me acuerdo.	Long absent, soon forgotten.
Cuando hay hambre, no hay mal pan / pan duro.	Any port in a storm. Beggars can't be choosers. For a good appetite there is no hard bread. Hunger is good kitchen. Hunger is the best sauce. Hunger never saw bad bread / food. When one is hungry everything tastes good.
Cuando la fuerza manda, la ley calla.	When drums beat, laws are silent.
Cuando menos piensa el galgo,

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