Spanish Proverbs
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Spanish Proverbs (Refranes) in English and Spanish: A Selection
Below are selected Spanish proverbs (refranes) and (in part provisional) English equivalents. - Tormod Kinnes
At the end of the game we shall see who gains.
- Alfreír será el reír (y al pagar
será el llorar).
By the tree the fruit is known.
- Por el árbol se conoce el fruto.
Not everything that shines is gold.
- No todo lo que brilla es oro.
Four eyes see more than two.
- Cuatro ojos ven más que dos.
From such wood, such splinter.
- De tal palo, tal astilla.
Honesty is the best policy.
- Lo mejor es ser franco.
If you want to watch, you'd better keep quiet.
- Los mirones son de piedra.
If your wife wants to throw you off the roof, try to find a low one.
- Si tu mujer
quiere tirarte de un tejado, procura que sea uno bajo.
It's better to be on your own than with people you don't like.
- Mas vale estar
solo que (estar) mal acompanado.
One good forewit is worth two afterwits.
- Hombre precavido, vale por dos.
Since we are in the dance, we dance.
- Ya que estamos en el baile, bailemos.
The devil knows more due to being old than by being the devil.
- El diablo sabe más
por viejo que por diablo.
The floor of one is the ceiling of another.
- El piso de uno es el techo de
otro.
Who goes to bed with children, wakes up rather worn out.
- El que con ninos se
acuesta, molido (or meado) se despierta.
The shrimp that falls asleep, is carried off by the current.
- Camarón que se
duerme, se lo lleva la corriente.
Spring changes the blood.
- La primavera la sangre altera.
The walls hear.
- Las paredes oyen.
Work shared is more tolerable.
- El trabajo compartido es más llevadero.
Try to strike a happy medium.
- Ni tanto que queme al santo, ni tanto que no lo
alumbre.
Who comments, invents.
- Quien comenta, inventa.
Sources
[en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Spanish_proverbs][spanish.about.com/library/weekly/aa031901b.htm]
[cogweb.ucla.edu/Discourse/Proverbs/Spanish.html]
[cogweb.ucla.edu/Discourse/Proverbs/Spanish-English.html]
[spanish.allinfo-about.com/vocabulary/expressions/ex-proverbs.html]
[www.spanishpronto.com/spanishpronto/spanishsayings.html]
[www.meirionnydd.force9.co.uk/spanish/spanisg.sayings.htm]
[www.lingolex.com/refranes.htm]
[http://www.pro-researcher.co.uk/encyclopaedia/english/list_of_spanish_proverbs#article]
[www.spanishbooster.com/SpanishProverbs.htm]
[www.englishspanishlink.com/proverbs%202.htm]
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