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A donde fueres, haz lo que vieres
Alt: Allá donde fueres, haz lo que vieres
Translation: ‘To where you go, do the things you see’
Interpretation: Adapt yourself to the local customs.
Equivalent English proverb: When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
El fruto no cae lejos del árbol.
Translation: The fruit of a tree falls to its root.
Idiomatic translation: The apple does not fall far from the tree.
Meaning: Children observe daily and — in their behaviour — often follow the example of their parents.
Source for proverbs and meaning: Paczolay, Gyula (1997). European Proverbs in 55 languages. DeProverbio.com
Antes que te cases, mira lo que haces.
Translation: Before you marry, look what you are doing.
Idiomatic translation: Look before you leap.
Meaning: Think before you act.
Nada hay nuevo debajo del sol.
Translation: There is nothing new under the Sun.
Idiomatic translation: Nothing is new.
Meani
Cuidado ageno de pelo ruelga.
English equivalent: No one knows where the shoe pinches, but he who wears it
Cuidado ageno de pelo ruelga.
English equivalent: No one knows where the shoe pinches, but he who wears it.
Despues de los años mil, Torna el agua a su carril.
Translation: In a hundred years we will be dead anyway.
English equivalent: It will all be the same a hundred years hence.
Meaning: So what if you embarrass yourself?
No dejes para mañana lo que puedas hacer hoy.
Translation: Don’t wait for tomorrow to do something you can do today.
Interpretation: If you want to do something, then do it today; don’t put it aside for tomorrow.
No vendas la piel del oso antes de cazarlo.
Translation: Don’t sell the bear’s fur before you hunt it.
English equivalent: Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.
Non hay libro tan malo, que no tenga algo bueno.
Translation: There is no book so bad, that it does not have anything good.
Piedra sin agua no aguza en la fragua.
Idiomatic translation: From nothing nothing can come.
Meaning: If you don’t do anything, nothing will come to you.
Presto hay un bastón para dar al perro.
Translation: If you want to beat a dog you will easily find a stick.
Meaning: Someone who wants to be mean will find things to be mean about no matter what
Qué bonito es ver la lluvia y no mojarse.
Translation: How nice it is to see the rain without getting wet.
Meaning: Often used to answer someone who’s critizicing your work or actions, without doing anything themselves.
English closest equivalent: Criticism is easy, but art is difficult.
Quien bien ama, tarde se olvida.
Translation: He who loves well, forgets the afternoon.
Idiomatic translation: True love never grows old.
Quien en año quiere ser rico, al medio le ahorcan.
Translation: He who in a year wants riches, in half will be strangled.
Idiomatic translation: No one gets rich quickly if he is honest.
Quien da luego, da dos veces.
Translation: Who gives now, gives two times.
English equivalent: He gives twice, who gives in a trice.
Roba bien quien a ladron roba.
Translation: Steal a thief who steals well.
English equivalent: Set a thief to catch a thief.
Si adelante no vas, altrasarás.
Idiomatic translation: He who does not advance goes backwards.
Si vale la pena hacerlo, vale la pena hacerlo bien.
Translation: If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing goodly.
English equivalent: If a job is worth doing, it is worth doing well.
Sol que mucho madruga, poco dura.
Idiomatic translation: Early ripe, early rotten.
Meaning: Precocious children will mean much trouble later on.
Tal hijo, tal padre.
Translation: Such father, such son.
English equivalent: Like father, like son.
Meaning: Sons may look and behave like their fathers. This is due to inheritance and the example observed closely and daily.
El trabajo según la paga.
Translation: What pay, such work.
English equivalent: You get what you pay for
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