Dichos y refranes · Spanish proverbs

Spanish sayings, one a day

Dichos are the proverbs Spanish speakers actually drop into conversation. Every Lingocito edition signs off with one; here are all sixty — each with its literal translation, what it really means, and a natural example you can steal.

El dicho del día

«Al pan, pan y al vino, vino.»

Call a spade a spade.

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Los 60 dichos

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